作者:TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / May 31, 2025, 08:49 ISTShareAA+Text SizeSmallMediumLarge
Several officials from the US government have received messages from someone who is impersonating Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's chief of staff. Trump said that Wiles is an amazing woman and that she can handle this. The US authorities have started the investigation.âThey breached the phone; they tried to impersonate her,â Trump told reporters on Friday. âNobody can impersonate her. There's only one Susie.âSusie Wiles has previously served as the co-manager of Trumpâs campaign before taking on the role of chief of staff in the new administration.As reported by the Wall Street Journal, governors, business officials, and senators began to receive text messages and phone calls as the impersonator had gained access to their contact details through Wilesâs phone.However, the texts and calls were not going through Wilesâs number. The voice sounded like Wilesâs and might have been generated by artificial Intelligence, suggest people who have received the phone calls.Some thought that the text messages were coming from White House officials. But it is still quite nebulous as to how someone got access to Wilesâs phone.Earlier this month, the FBI had warned in a public service announcement of a malicious campaign in which unidentified âmalicious actorsâ have been calling and sending text messages impersonating senior government officials.
This campaign mainly depends on Artificial Intelligence, aiming to dupe government officials, as per the FBI.FBI director Kash Patel commented, âSafeguarding our administration officials' ability to securely communicate to accomplish the president's mission is a top priority.âLast year, Iran had also gained access to Trumpâs campaign, sensitive internal documents, including a dossier on vice president JD Vance.