The FBI says former federal and state government officials are targeted with texts and AI-generated voice messages impersonating senior US officials.
The FBI on Thursday issued a warning to the public after investigating a malicious campaign targeting former senior US federal or state government officials with deepfakes.
The campaign, the agency says, relies on text messages and AI-generated voice messages impersonating senior US officials, two techniques known as smishing and vishing.
After establishing communication with the victims, threat actors send malicious links allegedly transitioning the conversation to a different messaging platform, but aimed at serving malware or harvesting credentials to gain access to the victims’ personal accounts.
