Microsoft has named multiple threat actors part of a cybercrime gang accused of developing malicious tools capable of bypassing generative AI guardrails to generate celebrity deepfakes and other illicit content.

An updated complaint identifies the individuals as Arian Yadegarnia from Iran (aka ‘Fiz’), Alan Krysiak of the United Kingdom (aka ‘Drago’), Ricky Yuen from Hong Kong, China (aka ‘cg-dot’), and Phát Phùng Tấn of Vietnam (aka ‘Asakuri’).

As the company explained today, these threat actors are key members of a global cybercrime gang that it tracks as Storm-2139.