Phantom Hacker Scams Integrate AI Voice Cloning for Financial Theft

# Phantom Hacker Scams Integrate AI Voice Cloning for Financial Theft

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/phantom-hacker-scams-integrate-ai-voice-cloning-for-financia · AIR-2023-0033 · closed 2023-11-03

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2023-10-20
- AI role: AI-enabled attack

## Summary

Updated Phantom Hacker scam operations incorporated AI voice cloning and spoofing to pose as tech support, bankers, and government officials. The multi-phase attacks targeted elderly victims and coerced them into unauthorized wire transfers.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2023-10-20: Reported Use of AI Voice and Identity Manipulation in the Ongoing 'Phantom Hacker' Fraud Scheme (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1280)

## Sources

- 2023-10-20 AI Incident Database: Reported Use of AI Voice and Identity Manipulation in the Ongoing 'Phantom Hacker' Fraud Scheme https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1280

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