Lloyds Bank Voice ID Bypassed Using AI-Generated Audio
Lloyds Bank Voice ID, ElevenLabs
A journalist successfully bypassed a bank's voice recognition authentication system using synthetic audio generated by AI. The incident demonstrated vulnerabilities in voice biometric security controls.
- first report
- 22 Feb 2023
- last update
- 22 Feb 2023
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2023-02-22UK Bank's Voice ID Successfully Bypassed Using AI-Produced AudioAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/485
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraud
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Enterprise deployment
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 22 Feb 2023 · first reported 22 Feb 2023
- 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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# Lloyds Bank Voice ID Bypassed Using AI-Generated Audio https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/lloyds-bank-voice-id-bypassed-using-ai-generated-audio · AIR-2023-0028 · closed 2023-03-08 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2023-02-22 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: Lloyds Bank Voice ID, ElevenLabs ## Summary A journalist successfully bypassed a bank's voice recognition authentication system using synthetic audio generated by AI. The incident demonstrated vulnerabilities in voice biometric security controls. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2023-02-22: UK Bank's Voice ID Successfully Bypassed Using AI-Produced Audio (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/485) ## Sources - 2023-02-22 AI Incident Database: UK Bank's Voice ID Successfully Bypassed Using AI-Produced Audio https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/485 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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