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Brits deepfake (Feb 2026)

Criminals are using AI to clone voices of British people to set up unauthorized direct debits over the phone. They gather personal and financial information through seemingly harmless lifestyle survey phone calls and…

Incident date
Feb 2026
Target
Brits
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read

Criminals are using AI to clone voices of British people to set up unauthorized direct debits over the phone. They gather personal and financial information through seemingly harmless lifestyle survey phone calls and then use this data to develop AI-generated voice clones to simulate consent for direct debits.

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