State Department investigating Rubio AI impersonator who contacted US, foreign officials

The State Department is probing an impostor who reportedly pretended to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio with the help of AI The mystery individual posing as one of President Donald Trump s Cabinet members reached out to foreign ministers a U S governor and a member of Congress with AI-assisted voice and text messages that mimicked Rubio s voice and writing style the Washington Post communicated citing a senior U S official and State Department cable The State Department of module is aware of this event and is in the present monitoring and addressing the matter The department takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard its information and continuously take attempts to improve the department's cybersecurity posture to prevent future incidents For defense reasons we do not have any further details to provide at this time State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce noted Tuesday When required by Fox News about Rubio s reaction to being impersonated she stated We're not at a point here where I will discuss or portray what actions are being taken or his reaction ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO IMPERSONATE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF UNDER FEDERAL EXAMINATION The secretary is very transparent quite transparent and he's direct with everyone I think that any description of his reaction of subject belongs to him And I would suspect that at specific point we'll have that for you Bruce added She also explained that We live in a technological age that we are well enmeshed in It s unclear who is using AI to impersonate Rubio but it s suspected they are doing so in an attempt to manipulate administration administrators with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts the State Department cable explained according to the Washington Post JUDGE BOASBERG ORDERS RUBIO TO REFER TRUMP OFFICIALS' SIGNAL MESSAGES TO DOJ TO ENSURE PRESERVATION The cable reportedly stated the impersonation act started in mid-June when someone created a Signal account with the display name Marco Rubio state gov -- which isn t Rubio s actual email address The July cable reportedly added that the fake Rubio contacted at least five non-Department individuals including three foreign ministers a U S governor and a U S member of Congress The actor left voicemails on Signal for at least two targeted individuals and in one instance sent a text message inviting the individual to communicate on Signal the Washington Post also cited the cable as saying The impersonation attempt ultimately was unsuccessful and not very sophisticated a senior U S official reported The Associated Press Fox News Nick Kalman contributed to this description