{"id":31289,"date":"2025-07-08T17:55:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=31289"},"modified":"2025-07-08T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:23:47","slug":"state-dept-is-investigating-messages-impersonating-rubio-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=31289","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Rubio, Official Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.<\/p>\n

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The State Department is investigating episodes in which one or more people used artificial intelligence to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio in messages to top foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, according to an official at the agency.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rubio\u2019s office sent a cable, or an agency memo, last week to State Department employees about the efforts to impersonate him.<\/p>\n

When asked on Tuesday about the cable and the episodes, the department\u2019s press office issued a statement from a senior official that said the department was \u201caware of this incident and is currently investigating the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe department takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard its information, and continuously takes steps to improve the department\u2019s cybersecurity posture to prevent future incidents,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The person or people impersonating Mr. Rubio sent text and voice messages, including over the encrypted chat app Signal, to at least five people outside the State Department. The recipients included a governor, a member of Congress and three foreign ministers, according to the cable, which was reported earlier by The Washington Post<\/a>. The cable was dated July 3.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rubio\u2019s voice and mannerisms can be observed on many online sites. He is a ubiquitous presence on television, holds news conferences and appears in many photo opportunities in which he exchanges words with other diplomats. Before becoming secretary of state this year, he was a senator from Florida who spoke frequently at congressional hearings and other public appearances, including when he ran against Donald J. Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.<\/p>\n

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A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.The State Department is investigating episodes in which one or more people used artificial intelligence to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio in messages to top foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, according to an official at the agency.Mr. Rubio\u2019s office sent a cable, or an agency memo, last week to State Department employees about the efforts to impersonate him.When asked on Tuesday about the cable and the episodes, the department\u2019s press office issued a statement from a senior official that said the department was \u201caware of this incident and is currently investigating the matter.\u201d\u201cThe department takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard its information, and continuously takes steps to improve the department\u2019s cybersecurity posture to prevent future incidents,\u201d the statement said.The person or people impersonating Mr. Rubio sent text and voice messages, including over the encrypted chat app Signal, to at least five people outside the State Department. The recipients included a governor, a member of Congress and three foreign ministers, according to the cable, which was reported earlier by The Washington Post. The cable was dated July 3.Mr. Rubio\u2019s voice and mannerisms can be observed on many online sites. He is a ubiquitous presence on television, holds news conferences and appears in many photo opportunities in which he exchanges words with other diplomats. Before becoming secretary of state this year, he was a senator from Florida who spoke frequently at congressional hearings and other public appearances, including when he ran against Donald J. Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31291,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31292,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31289\/revisions\/31292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}