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

The State Department is researching 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 announced citing a senior U S official and State Department cable The State Department of lesson is aware of this circumstance and is at present monitoring and addressing the matter The department takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard its information and continuously take policies to improve the department's cybersecurity posture to prevent future incidents For guard reasons we do not have any further details to provide at this time State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce stated Tuesday When required by Fox News about Rubio s reaction to being impersonated she reported 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 REVIEW The secretary is very transparent quite transparent and he's direct with everyone I think that any description of his reaction of module belongs to him And I would suspect that at various point we'll have that for you Bruce added She also noted 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 ruling body leaders with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts the State Department cable stated according to the Washington Post JUDGE BOASBERG ORDERS RUBIO TO REFER TRUMP OFFICIALS' SIGNAL MESSAGES TO DOJ TO ENSURE PRESERVATION The cable reportedly announced 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 described The Associated Press Fox News Nick Kalman contributed to this analysis