
A Hacker May Have Deepfaked Trump’s Chief of Staff in a Phishing Campaign
Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman
created: May 30, 2025, 6:42 p.m. | updated: June 2, 2025, 3:41 p.m.
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Despite Wiles’ reported claim of having her device hacked, it remains unconfirmed whether this was actually how attackers identified Wiles’ associates.
It would also be possible to assemble such a target list from a combination of publicly available information and data sold by gray-market brokers.
If so, that would make the incident one of the most significant cases yet of so-called deepfake software being used in a phishing attempt.
It’s not yet clear how Wiles’ phone might have been hacked, but the FBI has ruled out involvement by a foreign nation in the impersonation campaign, the bureau reportedly told White House officials.
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