Deepfake case study · Audio
Current and former senior US federal and state employees, and their contacts deepfake (May 2025)
Cybercriminals are using AI-generated voice messages, impersonating senior US officials, in smishing campaigns to get the target to click on malicious links to access personal accounts. A similar cybercrime involved…
- Incident date
- May 2025
- Target
- Current and former senior US federal and state employees, and their contacts
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Cybercriminals are using AI-generated voice messages, impersonating senior US officials, in smishing campaigns to get the target to click on malicious links to access personal accounts. A similar cybercrime involved malicious actors pretending to be US government officials in calls with Middle Eastern students in the US with valid visas.