The FBI issued a warning that a rising number of scammers are using deepfake technology to impersonate job candidates during interviews for remote positions.
“Complaints report the use of voice spoofing, or potentially voice deepfakes, during online interviews of the potential applicants. In these interviews, the actions and lip movement of the person seen interviewed on-camera do not completely coordinate with the audio of the person speaking. At times, actions such as coughing, sneezing, or other auditory actions are not aligned with what is presented visually,” says the FBI in the announcement.
The FBI didn’t state the scammer’s end goal. But the agency noted that the complaints were tied to remote tech roles in “information technology and computer programming, database, and software” that would have granted successful candidates access to sensitive data, such as “customer PII , financial data, corporate IT databases and/or proprietary information.”
According to the FBI, some victims of the scam reported that their stolen PII had been used to apply for a remote job and that their identities were being used for pre-employment background checks with other applicants’ profiles. The FBI asked victims, including companies who have received deepfakes during the interview process, to report this activity via the
and to include information that would help identify the cyber-criminals behind the attempts such as IP or email addresses, phone numbers, or names provided.Image credits:
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