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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/07/08/ai-marco-rubio-catfish-calls-us-officials-signal/
A catfish posing as Marco Rubio using an AI voice disguiser
contacted senior government officials on the messaging
app Signal.
The imposter, who has not been identified by the authorities,
sent voice and text messages using artificial intelligence
technology (AI) to mimic the US secretary of state’s voice
and speech patterns, The Washington Post reported.
They contacted a member of Congress, a US governor and three
foreign ministers, seemingly with the goal of “gaining access
to information or accounts,” authorities said.
Mr Rubio is the second member of Donald Trump’s administration
to be impersonated using AI, after a catfish pretending to
be Susie Wiles, the chief of staff, contacted Republican
lawmakers earlier this year.
In June, Mr Rubio’s impersonator created a Signal account
with the name “
Marco.Rubio@state.gov” to contact foreign
diplomats and politicians, according to a State Department
cable.
. . .
This is kinda bad. Rubio has considerable authority
and a fake could initiate serious trouble. These
days AI can likely also create a real-time video
image of the victim.
First off, get with Signal and a few related services
and if new users appear with the names of prominent
officials - any govt branch - have them contact the
gov for confirmation ... sort of 2FA. Solid means
of ID are gonna be needed now - a sheet of codes
upper officials and their subordinates carry on them.
Second, IF the faker can be identified, ROAST 'em.
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