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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Dani Oh

Wall Street's Biggest Hedge Funds Didn't Get Hacked, but AI Voice Clones Came Alarmingly Close

Attackers allegedly used AI-generated voices to impersonate trusted executives and colleagues in calls targeting major hedge funds, attempting to obtain access to sensitive internal systems (Credit: Catherine Breslin/Unsplash)

Employees at some of Wall Street's largest hedge funds recently picked up phone calls that sounded as if they were coming from trusted colleagues at the very top of their firms. The voices were convincing.

The requests were routine. Yet the callers were not co-workers at all, but artificial intelligence voice clones allegedly trying to trick staff into handing over access to some of the financial industry's most sensitive systems.

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