<ul><li>Cybercriminals have been impersonating senior U.S. officials since April 2025 to gain access to personal and official accounts, targeting high-ranking federal or state officials.</li><li>They use smishing (text message phishing) and vishing (voice phishing), including AI-generated voice messages, to deceive targets by sending malicious links disguised as a way to switch to a different messaging platform.</li><li>Phishing techniques like smishing, vishing, and spear phishing transition targets to secondary platforms to introduce malware or gain sensitive information, making scams harder to detect and more convincing.</li><li>To protect yourself, verify senders, examine communication closely for inconsistencies, look for imperfections in AI content, listen carefully to voice messages, avoid sharing sensitive information, be cautious with financial requests, avoid clicking on unsolicited links or attachments, enable multi-factor authentication, and create a family code for verification.</li></ul>

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