With just 15 seconds of audio, hackers can now launch convincing deepfake scams—targeting CEOs, employees, and even world leaders.

At least three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress all received outreach from the fake Rubio, according to a State Department cable.

Someone using artificial intelligence to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted at least five people, including three foreign ministers, a US governor, and a member of Congress, “with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts,

The US State Department said it is investigating an imposter who used artificial intelligence to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and contact three foreign ministers.The "unknown actor" is alleged to have used an artificially-generated voice of Rubio to contact officials via the Signal messaging app,

The recipients of the scam messages, which were sent by text, Signal and voicemail, were not identified in a cable sent to embassies and consulates.

An investigation is underway after the State Department reported that a Marco Rubio imposter used AI to manipulate the secretary of state's voice into contacting at least five high-level government officials in mid-June.

Alguien que se hacía pasar por el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio utilizó tecnología de voz generada por inteligencia artificial y una cuenta falsa de Signal para contactar a funcionarios extranjeros y al menos a un miembro del Congreso,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called an AI voicemail impersonation of him a 'real threat' but common with modern technology.