AI-Fueled Tax Scams on the Rise www.darkreading.com/cyberatta…

As AI-driven scams surge this tax season, taxpayers face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding their personal and financial information. Taxpayers are increasingly targeted with plausible, highly convincing emails, texts and calls. In one alarming trend, fraudsters use AI-generated voice scams to impersonate IRS agents or tax professionals with voices and conversation that sound realistic. With the ability to create and widely spread these realistic voice scams, taxpayers have to be vigilant to ensure they don’t get tricked by scammers this year. According to a recent study conducted by LifeLock, the leader in identity theft protection in the U.S. and part of Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN), 56% of individuals have already encountered AI-powered tax scams featuring realistic voices.