FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices
Date: 2025-05-15
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1077: FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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