Scammers Target School Community Members with AI Voice Cloning Kidnapping Scam

# Scammers Target School Community Members with AI Voice Cloning Kidnapping Scam

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/scammers-target-school-community-members-with-ai-voice-cloni · AIR-2024-0009 · closed 2024-10-09

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2024-09-25
- AI role: AI-enabled attack

## Summary

Fraudsters employed AI voice cloning technology to impersonate family members in fraudulent kidnapping extortion phone calls. The cyber-enabled social engineering scheme targeted multiple members of a public school community.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2024-09-25: Two Members of Highline Public Schools Community in King County, Washington Reportedly Targeted in Deepfake Kidnapping Scam (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/947)

## Sources

- 2024-09-25 AI Incident Database: Two Members of Highline Public Schools Community in King County, Washington Reportedly Targeted in Deepfake Kidnapping Scam https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/947

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