Audio Deepfake Impersonating LastPass CEO Targets Employee via WhatsApp
An attacker used voice-cloning AI to impersonate the CEO of LastPass in a WhatsApp message to an employee. The employee recognized the fraud and reported it, resulting in no breach.
- first report
- 10 Apr 2024
- last update
- 10 Apr 2024
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2024-04-10Reported Audio Deepfake Impersonating CEO Karim Toubba Targets LastPass Employee via WhatsAppAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1100
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 10 Apr 2024 · first reported 10 Apr 2024
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Audio Deepfake Impersonating LastPass CEO Targets Employee via WhatsApp https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/audio-deepfake-impersonating-lastpass-ceo-targets-employee-v · AIR-2024-0004 · closed 2024-04-24 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2024-04-10 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: WhatsApp ## Summary An attacker used voice-cloning AI to impersonate the CEO of LastPass in a WhatsApp message to an employee. The employee recognized the fraud and reported it, resulting in no breach. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2024-04-10: Reported Audio Deepfake Impersonating CEO Karim Toubba Targets LastPass Employee via WhatsApp (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1100) ## Sources - 2024-04-10 AI Incident Database: Reported Audio Deepfake Impersonating CEO Karim Toubba Targets LastPass Employee via WhatsApp https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1100 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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