FBI Warns That Scammers Are Using Deepfakes To Apply For Sensitive Jobs

On June 28, 2022, the FBI issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA) warning that fraudsters are using deepfakes to impersonate job applicants during online interviews and employing stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to apply for positions. (Deepfakes are realistic synthetic media that are either altered or wholly created by artificial intelligence.)

This type of fraud may be used in an effort to gain access to company networks and to otherwise obtain company data. According to the FBI, the jobs targeted by scammers include remote work or work-from-home jobs in the information technology, computer programming, database, and software fields. "Notably," the PSA from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center said, "some reported positions include access to customer PII, financial data, corporate IT databases and/or proprietary information." This is a particularly concerning development, given the potential business and legal ramifications to