Cardin Target of Deepfake Impersonating Top Ukraine Official: PB

“In recent days, a malign actor engaged in a deceptive attempt to have a conversation with me by posing as a known individual, Ben Cardin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Cmte, says in a statement.

• Cardin in stmt says he ended a call “after immediately becoming clear that the individual I was engaging with was not who they claimed to be”
  • The Maryland Democrat says he alerted relevant authorities and law enforcement is now investigating
• Deepfake was impersonating Dmytro Kuleba, who was Ukraine’s foreign minister before he stepped down earlier this month, according to Punchbowl News, ...