AI scammers are now impersonating US government bigwigs, says FBI

Deepfake-assisted hackers are now targeting US federal and state officials by masquerading as senior US officials in a latest brazen phishing campaign to steal sensitive data.  The bad actors have been operating since April, using deepfake voice messages and text messages to masquerade as senior government officials and establish rapport with victims, the FBI said in a May 15 warning.  “If you receive a message claiming to be from a senior US official, do not assume it is authentic,” the agency said.   If US officials’ accounts are compromised, the scam could become far worse because hackers can then “target other government officials, or their associates and contacts, by using the trusted contact information they obtain,” the FBI said source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-officials-targeted-deepfake-phishing-attacks-fbi?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound