AI voice messages that represent themselves for the US persons: FBI

A FBI On Thursday, they warned that “malicious actors” pretend to be high -ranking US officials in artificial intelligence Voice notes that focus on the current and former government Officials as well as their contacts.

“If you get a message claiming that is from a high -ranking American official, don’t think it’s true,” the FBI said announcement.

Since last month, the fraudsters have “sent text messages and voice messages AI-method, known as breaking and wingis, accordingly, claiming to come from a high-ranking American official, trying to set a connection before accessing personal accounts,” the FBI said.

The report states that, among other things, the fraudsters gain access to these accounts, sending their goals to the malicious links, which, according to them, will move to talking to a separate messaging platform.

Turning to personal or government accounts that have accessed US officials, bad subjects could focus on other officials or their associates using the stolen information, the report said.

“Contact information obtained from social engineering schemes can also be used to make contacts for information or funds,” the FBI said.

The report does not say what US officials have advocated themselves, but it says that “many” goals of this scheme – “current or former high -ranking state officials or government officials and their contacts.”

The FBI did not immediately respond to the CNBC request for more information on the scope and the potential origin of the scam.

FBI before prevent The fact that criminals use generative II to conduct new financial fraud schemes.

Such technology can be used to create text, images, audio and videos to be exposed to potential victims to send money, drop production on Sextortion and more.

The top three cybercrime in 2024 were phishing, extortion and violation of personal data, reports FBI data.

The elderly suffered the most loss, shows almost $ 5 billion.