Hack Club Founder Targeted in AI-Driven Voice Phishing Attack

# Hack Club Founder Targeted in AI-Driven Voice Phishing Attack

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/hack-club-founder-targeted-in-ai-driven-voice-phishing-attac · AIR-2025-0172 · closed 2025-03-06

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-02-20
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Google Assistant, Google Workspace

## Summary

Cybercriminals used voice cloning and spoofed caller ID to impersonate support staff in an AI-assisted phishing attack targeting a tech organization founder. The attack was aborted when inconsistencies raised the victim's suspicions.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-02-20: Cybercriminals Reportedly Exploited Google’s G.Co Subdomain and Spoofed Caller ID in AI-Driven Phishing Attack on Hack Club Founder (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/942)

## Sources

- 2025-02-20 AI Incident Database: Cybercriminals Reportedly Exploited Google’s G.Co Subdomain and Spoofed Caller ID in AI-Driven Phishing Attack on Hack Club Founder https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/942

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