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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Reality TV star Gamble Breaux knew she’d been hacked. Then the deepfakes of the prime minister began to appear

Gamble Breaux at Melbourne Fashion Festival in March.
Real Housewives of Melbourne star Gamble Breaux says she was horrified to see her account being used to post scams involving the prime minister. Photograph: Sam Tabone/WireImage

Real Housewives of Melbourne star Gamble Breaux realised her Facebook page had been seized by scammers as soon as it happened in mid March.

“I knew at that second and thought, ‘How could I be so stupid?’,” she says.

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