State Department warns U.S. diplomats to try to imitate Secretary of State Marco Rubio According to two senior officials and a cable last week, it is possible that technology is powered by artificial intelligence and other officials use it.
According to the Washington Post’s first report, the department found Rubio was trying to contact at least three foreign secretary, a U.S. senator and a governor.
The recipients of scam messages are sent via text, signals, and voicemail, not recognized in the cable, and their copy is shared with the Associated Press.
“The State Department is aware of this incident and is currently investigating the incident,” it said. “The department is responsible for maintaining its information and is constantly taking measures to improve the department’s cybersecurity posture to prevent future events.”
It declined to comment further due to “safety reasons” and ongoing investigations.
One of the officials said the scam was not successful and was “not very refined.” Nevertheless, the second official said the department considers “cautious” to advise all employees and foreign governments, especially when foreign participants are working to undermine information security.
Officials did not have the right to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on anonymous condition.
“The activity has no direct cyber threat to the department, but if targeted individuals are compromised, the information shared with third parties may be exposed,” the cable said.
In a public service announcement last spring, the FBI warned that unidentified “malicious actors” had been pretending to be senior U.S. government officials during the “malicious text and voice messages” campaign.
According to the FBI, the program relies on text messages and voice messages generated by AI, which claim comes from senior U.S. officials and aims to deceive other government officials as well as victims’ colleagues and contacts.
yes Second-highest Trump administration official Faced with this AI-driven imitation.
Elected officials, business executives and other prominent figures received Chief of Staff who imitated President Donald Trump, Suzy Wells. The Wall Street Journal reported in May that text messages and phone calls were reported from May, and those who appeared to have access to contacts on Wells’ personal phone.
According to the newspaper, some people who received the call heard what sounded like Wells, which may have been produced by artificial intelligence. The report said the message and phone number were not from Wells’ phone numbers.
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Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to the report.
