Hackers using AI-produced audio to impersonate tax preparers, IRS
This April 2025 article from The Record reports that hackers are using AI-generated audio to impersonate tax preparers and the IRS. Bugcrowd founder Casey Ellis says generative AI and deepfakes are game-changers for scammers that let attackers scale operations and boost believability, and he advises people to look for inconsistencies.
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Artificial Intelligence has supercharged an array of tax-season scams this year, with fraudsters using deepfake audio and other techniques to trick taxpayers into sending them money and financial documents.