Hackers using AI-produced audio to impersonate tax preparers, IRS

Artificial Intelligence has supercharged an array of tax-season scams this year, with fraudsters using deepfake audio and other techniques to intercept funds and trick taxpayers into sending them financial documents.

Cybercriminals have long used tax season lures during the first four months of the year, but multiple cybersecurity experts have recently pointed to one worrying update to the schemes: AI-enabled voice phishing attacks.

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