Italian Elite Targeted by Scammers Using AI Voice Impersonation

Scammers used an artificial intelligence voice tool to impersonate Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto and his staff in an attempt to persuade some of the nation’s top businessmen to wire money overseas.

Prada SpA co-Chief Executive Officer Patrizio Bertelli, fashion designer Giorgio Armani, Pirelli & C. SpA Executive Vice Chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera and billionaire Massimo Moratti, former owner of the Inter Milan football club, were among those targeted, according to reports by Italian newspapers La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera and others.