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FBI warns of fake texts, deepfake calls impersonating senior U.S. officials. Texts or deepfaked audio messages impersonate high-level government officials and were sent to current or former senior federal or state government officials and their contacts, the bureau says.
The FB has warned of a new AI deepfake phishing campaign where attackers impersonate senior government officials using texts and voice messages to steal account access.
As large language models have proliferated and improved their abilities to create lifelike video and audio images, their use in phishing schemes and scam campaigns has exploded. In a hearing in the House the same day, Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson said addressing AI impersonation is one of the agency’s top priorities through new legislation like the Take It Down Act. John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group, said in an email to CyberScoop that “adversaries could fake content before, but AI has certainly made it easier, and enabled them to do it at scale.”
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