Artificial Imposters—Cybercriminals Turn to AI Voice Cloning for a New Breed of Scam

McAfee Blog – 5.15.23

Three seconds of audio is all it takes.  

Cybercriminals have taken up newly forged artificial intelligence (AI) voice cloning tools and created a new breed of scam. With a small sample of audio, they can clone the voice of nearly anyone and send bogus messages by voicemail or voice messaging texts. 

The aim, most often, is to trick people out of hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. 

Source: Artificial Imposters—Cybercriminals Turn to AI Voice Cloning for a New Breed of Scam | McAfee Blog