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The script, not the voice, is what makes AI voice phishing work
Researchers from Harvard Kennedy School, Meta, and other institutions conducted a study of over 4,100 US adults to evaluate the effectiveness of voice phishing attacks. The research tested commercial voice systems and human callers using a scenario where an attacker poses as a senior manager requesting credential information, finding that the scripted social engineering approach was the primary factor in attack success rather than the voice synthesis quality.
Why it matters: Security awareness and identity teams need to know that attackers can achieve high phishing success rates regardless of voice quality, making script-based social engineering training and caller verification procedures critical defenses against both synthetic and human voice attacks.
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