INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The FBI is warning people to be vigilant of an ongoing malicious messaging campaign that uses AI-generated voice audio to impersonate
actors have impersonated senior US officials to target individuals, many of whom are current or former senior US federal or state government
Deepfakes use AI to mimic the voice and speaking characteristics of a specific individual
The differences between the authentic and simulated speakers are often indistinguishable without trained analysis
Deepfake videos work similarly.One way to gain access to targets' devices is for the attacker to ask if the conversation can be continued on
a separate messaging platform and then successfully convince the target to click on a malicious link under the guise that it will enable the
The advisory provided no additional details about the campaign.The advisory comes amid a rise in reports of deepfaked audio and sometimes
video used in fraud and espionage campaigns
Last year, password manager LastPass warned that it had been targeted in a sophisticated phishing campaign that used a combination of email,
text messages, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging their master passwords
One part of the campaign included targeting a LastPass employee with a deepfake audio call that impersonated company CEO Karim Toubba.In a
separate incident last year, a robocall campaign that encouraged New Hampshire Democrats to sit out the coming election used a deepfake of
A Democratic consultant was later indicted in connection with the calls
The telco that transmitted the spoofed robocalls also agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty for not authenticating the caller as required
