Washington (AP) – The State Department is warning for efforts to impose American diplomats State Secretary Marco Rubio And possibly other officials used technology run by Artificial Intelligence, according to two senior officials and a cable sent to all embassies and consulates last week.
The department discovered that after a impotent as a Rubio, after posing, he warned that he had attempted to reach at least three foreign ministers, an American senator and a governor according to the July 3 cable, which was first reported by the Washington Post.
The recipients of the scam messages, who were sent by lessons, signals and voice mail, were not identified in the cable, a copy of which was shared with an associated press.
“The Foreign Department is aware of this incident and is currently investigating the matter,” said this. “The department takes its responsibility seriously to protect its information and takes constant steps to improve the cyber security currency of the department to prevent future events.”
This refused to comment further due to “security reasons” and ongoing investigation.
One of the officials said that the cheating was unsuccessful and “was not very sophisticated.” However, the second official said that the department considered it “prudent” to advise all employees and foreign governments, especially as an effort to compromise information safety by foreign actors.
The authorities were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and talk on the condition of anonymity.
The cable said, “This campaign does not have any direct cyber threat to the department, but the information shared with a third party can be revealed if the target persons are compromised,” the cable said.
The FBI warned in a public service announcement in this previous spring of a “malicious lesson and voice messaging campaign”, implementing the unknown “malicious actor” senior US government officials.
According to the FBI, the scheme has trusted the text messages and AI-rich voice messages that come to come from a senior American officer and aim to cheat other government officials as well as the victim’s colleagues and contacts.
it is Second high-level trump administration officer To withstand such AI-operated copy.
After receiving a message for the Chief of Staff of President Donald Trump to the elected officers, business officers and other major data, the government was investigating the government, Susie WilsThe Wall Street Journal reported in May that text messages and phone calls went out of someone who had reached the contacts in Wils’ individual cellphones.
According to the newspaper, whatever calls received, they heard a voice that looked like Villas, which may have been generated by artificial intelligence. The report said that the message and call were not coming from the number of Wils.
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AP writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report.
Matthew Lee, Associated Press
