Pakistan, July 8 -- A fraudster used advanced AI to impersonate US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He contacted important foreign ministers, a US governor, and a congressman. The fake messages perfectly copied Rubio's voice and writing style using AI software, making them hard to detect.
The US State Department revealed in a cable that the scam started in mid-June. The impersonator created a Signal account named "[email protected]" and sent messages to at least five high-ranking officials. These included three foreign ministers from other countries, one US governor, and one member of Congress.
Officials do not yet know who is behind this scam. They believe the goal was to trick officials into revealing secret information or giving access ...