AI deepfakes pose growing threat to U.S. security

Key takeaways

Deepfakes impersonating U.S. officials spark national security fears

AI-generated scams target financial firms and corporate networks

Foreign actors like North Korea use deepfakes for espionage and theft

Experts deploy AI tools to detect and fight back against deepfakes

WASHINGTON — The phone rings. It’s the secretary of state calling. Or is it?

For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks to a spate of recent incidents involving deepfakes impersonating top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration.

Digital fakes are coming for corporate America, too, as criminal gangs and hackers associated with adversaries including North Korea use synthetic video and audio to impersonate CEOs and low-level job candidates to gain access t