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A fraudster, impersonating US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sent text and audio messages, which he created with the help of Artificial Intelligence, to his counterparts in other countries, as well as senior US officials, as reported by the Washington Post.
A diplomatic cable sent by Rubio’s office says an unidentified person attempted to “manipulate officials to gain access to (personal) information and accounts.” The person contacted at least three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a congressional representative via text messages sent via cellphone or the encrypted messaging app Signal, according to the cable dated July 3.
In mid-June, the scammer created a Signal account using the username “[email protected].” He sent audio messages to at least two of his targets.
According to the document, the identities of other State Department employees were also stolen through the use of fake emails. The department assured the newspaper that it would investigate the matter thoroughly and continue to take protective measures to "prevent this from happening again in the future."
The FBI, for its part, recalled that since April, "malicious actors" have stolen the identities of senior US government officials and targeted their contacts, mainly former or current federal agents.
These individuals send text messages or audio messages created with the help of Artificial Intelligence (techniques called smishing and vishing, respectively) in order to gain access to personal accounts.
In May, President Donald Trump revealed that someone had hacked the phone of Suzy Wiles, the White House chief of staff. According to the Wall Street Journal, senators, governors and businessmen received texts and calls from a person impersonating Suzy Wiles.
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