According to the Wall Street Journal, federal authorities are detecting a plan to imitate White House Chief of Staff Suzy Wells.
"The White House attaches great importance to the cybersecurity of all employees and this matter is still under investigation," a White House official noted.
According to media, senators, governors, U.S. business executives and others have received texts and appeals from people who claim to be Wells.
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FBI officials told the White House that they don’t think another country is involved, the report said.
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"The FBI has taken all threats to the President, his staff and our cybersecurity," FBI Director Kash Patel Delcaerd said in a statement. "Preserving the ability of our administration officials to communicate securely to accomplish the president's mission is a top priority."
The journal reports that the chief of staff told colleagues that her phone contact had been hacked, according to some. The media said that the phone was her personal device, not a government phone.
The report said it sounded like the Chief of Staff, who heard their voices pointing out. Government officials believe the impostor uses artificial intelligence to mimic her voice, some of whom pointed out.
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According to the media, in some cases involving texts, individuals received what they originally thought was formal, the channel noted that a legislator received a request to cultivate people who might be pardoned by Trump.
But it is obvious for some lawmakers that when the impostor starts asking questions about the president, Wells should have had a biased question about the answer—some pointed out, some pointed out.
According to the media, in many cases, the impostor uses broken grammar, which are too formal compared to the way Wells communicates normally, the individual receiving the message. The report said the phone and text did not emanate from Wells' phone number.