Will artificial intelligence soon replace policies? Fortunately, no. But it is as harmful to them as it is. With sometimes more delicate consequences to handle.
An imposter who intends to be the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, sent false messages generated by AI to Foreign Ministers, as well as senior US officials, Washington Post said Tuesday.
According to the newspaper, a cable issued by the Office of the Chief of Diplomacy ensures that an unidentified individual “contacted at least five people outside the Ministry, including three Foreign Ministers, an American governor and a member of the United States Congress” with SMS, but also through Signal Costerie.
The imposter probably sought to handle senior officials “to access information and accounts (personal), the US authorities said in the same cable on July 3.
“Without success” and “little”
This identity theft campaign began in mid -June, when the individual created a signal account, with “[email protected]” as username. Diplomats and foreign and national political leaders who have not been cautious have been contacted.
The imposter “left voice messages to at least two people directed and in one case, sent an SMS inviting them to communicate in the signal,” said the cable. The content of the messages is still unknown. According to the document, the identity of other employees of the State Department was also usurped using email addresses.
Shortly after the revelations of Washington Post, Washington confirmed these.
He “assumes his responsibility to protect his data and continually leads measures to progress in terms of cybersecurity to avoid incidents in the future,” he added. The heads of the State Department also assured that the deceptions involving the Secretary of State of the United States were not successful “and” little sophisticated. “
Identity usurpation of senior officials
For its part, the FBI warned against “malicious actors” that, since April, usurpan the identity of senior US officials to aim at their contacts, particularly former federal agents.
“The malicious actors have sent SMS and vocal messages generated by AI – known techniques under the name of ‘Smishing’ and ‘Vishing’ – who claim to come from a senior US official to establish a first contact before accessing personal accounts,” said the FBI in May.
Also in May, Donald Trump had revealed that the telephone of Susie Wiles, the director of the White House Cabinet, had infiltrated. According to the Wall Street Journal, the senators, the Governors and the American business leaders had received messages and calls from a person who intended to be.
If this led to an FBI and the White House investigation, the US president minimized the threat, ensuring that Susie Wiles was “an incredible woman” who could “manage” the situation.
Source: BFM TV
