You know how people keep saying AI is getting too good?
Yeah… well, here’s another one for the “weirdest and craziest stuff folks are pulling off with AI”
Just recently some digital ghost pulled off one of the wildest political stunts yet: they impersonated U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio — using nothing but AI-generated voice messages and a bit of text-message finesse. And no, it wasn’t just for laughs.
This mystery actor (or actors) went full Mission Impossible, sliding into Signal chats and text threads belonging to three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor, and a sitting member of Congress.
The stunt started in mid-June, and by early July, it had escalated enough that Rubio’s office sent out a State Department-wide warning.
As of now, no one knows who’s behind it — but whoever it is was clearly trying to infiltrate high-level conversations or grab sensitive intel.
And get this: they didn’t just imitate his voice. They cloned his tone, mimicked his writing style, and sent off messages convincing enough to fool some of the world’s top officials.
Even wilder? They pulled all this off using Signal — an encrypted app that, for some reason, U.S. officials still treat like it’s WhatsApp for state secrets.
And yep, this isn’t the first time something like this has gone down.
Just this past May, someone hacked Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ phone, then used it to impersonate her — reaching out to senators, governors, and business execs like it was LinkedIn on steroids. It in fact turned into a full-blown AI prank call operation.
And honestly? You’d be shocked at how easy this stuff is to pull off.
As one digital forensics expert put it:
“This doesn’t take a spy team or elite hackers. It’s actually embarrassingly simple.” All they needed was 15–20 seconds of Rubio’s voice (which, let’s be honest, is everywhere), plug it into an AI tool, check the box that says “Yes, I totally have permission” (lol), and boom — instant fake Rubio, sliding into DMs and leaving voicemails like it’s no big deal.
And because voicemails aren’t interactive, they’re extra sneaky. You just listen and go, “Huh… that sounds legit.”
Meanwhile:
The FBI is investigating
The State Department is scrambling
Officials are slowly waking up to the nightmare
And everyone’s quietly asking: “If it’s this easy to fake someone’s voice… what’s real anymore?”
Bottom line?
AI has officially gotten way better, and more convincing at prank-calls—but instead of your cousin pretending to be a radio host, it's someone pretending to be a U.S. official, trying to trick world leaders.
I mean the tech’s cool, but the chaos? Way dangerous.
Stay safe out there. And maybe make it a habit to double-check with the actual person before you go voice-mailing your secrets into the void.
Here’s the full report if you want to spiral deeper.
