Scammers clone candidates’ voices to steal cash and voter data ahead of 2026 midterms, FBI warns
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The FBI warns that fraudsters are leveraging candidate identities and AI-generated media ahead of the 2026 US midterm election to carry out financial fraud and PII theft through fake donation pages, merchandise scams, and bogus voter-registration sites; the report also notes X suspended over 13,000 accounts tied to suspected Iran-, Russia-, and China-linked influence operations targeting US political discourse.
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