Summary: Multiple Fortune 500 companies have reported a coordinated “Vishing” (Voice Phishing) campaign today. Attackers are using AI voice bots that clone employee voices from public videos (YouTube/LinkedIn) to call internal Help Desks. The bots successfully requested password resets and MFA token bypasses by citing “urgent weekend deadlines.”
Business Impact: High “Human Layer” Vulnerability. Traditional “voice recognition” verification by support staff is now obsolete. This campaign proves that attackers can automate social engineering at scale, bypassing technical controls by targeting helpful human agents.
Why It Happened: The availability of real-time, low-latency voice AI models allows attackers to conduct hundreds of simultaneous calls, overwhelming support teams and increasing the statistical probability of a successful breach.
Recommended Executive Action: Implement a “No-Voice Auth” policy for resets. Mandate that all password resets must be verified via a secondary channel (e.g., a push notification to a registered manager’s device) or require the user to visually identify themselves on a video call with a physical ID.
Hashtags: #Vishing #SocialEngineering #AIFraud #HelpDeskSecurity #DeepVoice #IdentityTheft