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United States state government officials

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 10771 Report
FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

2025-05-15

According to a May 15, 2025 public alert from the FBI and IC3, malicious actors have been using purported AI-generated voice messages and smishing tactics since April 2025 to impersonate senior U.S. officials. The campaign reportedly targets government personnel and their contacts to gain access to personal or official accounts. The FBI warns the scheme may involve credential theft and social engineering, with AI voice cloning used to increase believability.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Unidentified scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Unidentified fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Unknown generative AI developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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United States federal government officials

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Former United States government officials

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Family and friends of United States government officials

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Vishing infrastructure

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Smishing infrastructure

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Mobile messaging networks

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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Account authentication systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1077
    1 Report

    FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

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