{"id":77313,"date":"2025-05-16T02:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/deepfake-voices-of-senior-us-officials-used-in-scams-fbi-the-register\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T02:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:27:19","slug":"deepfake-voices-of-senior-us-officials-used-in-scams-fbi-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/deepfake-voices-of-senior-us-officials-used-in-scams-fbi-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepfake voices of senior US officials used in scams: FBI \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The FBI has warned that fraudsters are impersonating “senior US officers” utilizing deepfakes as a part of a significant fraud marketing campaign.<\/p>\n

In response to the company, the marketing campaign has been working since April and many of the messages goal former and present US authorities officers. The attackers are after login particulars for official accounts, which they then use to compromise different authorities programs and attempt to harvest monetary account info.<\/p>\n

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When you obtain a message claiming to be from a senior US official, don’t assume it’s genuine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“The malicious actors have despatched textual content messages and AI-generated voice messages \u2014 strategies often called smishing and vishing, respectively \u2014 that declare to come back from a senior US official in an effort to determine rapport earlier than getting access to private accounts,” the warning<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n

“When you obtain a message claiming to be from a senior US official, don’t assume it’s genuine.”<\/p>\n

The deepfake voices and SMS messages encourage targets to maneuver to a separate messaging platform. The FBI didn\u2019t establish that platform or say which authorities officers have been deep faked.<\/p>\n

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