Overview

• Investigators say an unknown actor accessed Susie Wiles’s personal cellphone contacts in recent weeks, triggering a federal probe.
• The impersonator used artificial intelligence to mimic Wiles’s voice and sent messages from numbers not linked to her.
• Recipients—including GOP senators, governors and business executives—faced suspicious requests such as cash transfers and lists of potential pardons.
• FBI Director Kash Patel emphasized that safeguarding the secure communications of administration officials is a top priority.
• Officials do not suspect foreign government involvement, marking the second known breach of Wiles’s personal accounts after a 2024 email hack.