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incidents/AIR-2025-0163

White House Chief of Staff Targeted in AI Voice Impersonation

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

The phone of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was targeted in a voice impersonation scheme using AI audio. Attackers used synthesized voice messages and spoofed texts to deceive contacts.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraudprimary
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
  • AI phishing / social engineering
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Individuals
products
Synthetic Audio Generation
incident date
30 May 2025
first reported
30 May 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.90 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepfake · social-engineering · voice-cloning
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-05-30
    Phone of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Allegedly Breached in Reported AI Voice Impersonation Incident
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1085

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