FBI: US officials targeted in voice deepfake attacks since April
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STIX ID: report--e61faee8-adc6-5be9-b36e-a9ec520e102f
Feed Name: Bleeping Computer
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The FBI warns that since April 2025 malicious actors have used AI-generated audio deepfakes and text messages to impersonate senior U.S. officials in vishing and smishing attacks, compromising officials' accounts to harvest contacts and conduct further social-engineering and fraud. The PSA outlines the technique (voice cloning and phishing links) and references prior warnings about deepfakes' growing use in cybercrime.
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