Rubio Impostor Used AI, Signal to Contact Foreign Officials (2)

Someone pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio used AI-generated voice technology and a fake Signal account to contact foreign officials and at least one member of Congress, the latest case of impostors mimicking senior US officials.

A State Department cable dated July 3 said an unknown person left voice and text messages for at least five people, including “three foreign ministers, a US governor and a US member of Congress” after creating a Signal account that pretended to be Rubio’s in mid-June. The

“The actor likely aimed to manipulate targeted individuals using AI-generated text and voice messages, with ...