FBI and CISA Warn Election Officials of AI-Powered Cyber Threats Ahead of Midterm Elections

The FBI and CISA have jointly alerted election officials and the public about AI-powered phishing threats targeting the midterm elections. The agencies warn that hackers are using artificial intelligence to craft more convincing deceptive emails and texts aimed at stealing sensitive data from election officials, candidates, and political organizations.

Advisories from both the FBI and CISA are urging election administrators and the public to remain watchful of AI-driven threats ahead of the midterm elections. A Friday advisory issued jointly by CISA and the FBI outlined how malicious actors may look to disrupt midterm elections by deploying phishing operations — fraudulent messages sent via text or email designed to extract login credentials and passwords from recipients. The document flags those who run or oversee elections — along with candidates and their affiliated groups — as attractive targets for adversarial cyber operators, and goes on to note that AI-driven tools, which the advisory labels "super intelligence," are giving threat actors the means to produce phishing messages and fraudulent texts that read as considerably more convincing to the people who receive them.

FBI and CISA Warn Election Officials of AI-Powered Cyber Threats Ahead of Midterm Elections

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FBI and CISA Warn Election Officials of AI-Powered Cyber Threats Ahead of Midterm Elections

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