<h1>Senior official warns deepfake threat to investors, urges stronger legal, regulatory, and tech defenses and fintech collaboration</h1> A senior government official reported circulation of multiple deepfake videos of herself and urged strengthening legal, regulatory and technological defences to preserve public trust. She warned that AI tools can be weaponized for deception-mimicking voices, cloning identities and producing lifelike videos to facilitate fraud-and called on fintech firms, investors and regulators to collaborate on resilient, secure and inclusive systems. The official highlighted the urgency of addressing impersonation and false representation targeting investors and praised efforts by the securities regulator to tackle such abuses through dedicated unified payments interface mechanisms.