Exclusive: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) was recently the target of a sophisticated deepfake operation impersonating a top Ukrainian official, according to three people briefed on the matter and communications …

The chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was lured into a video call with a "malign actor" probably using "deepfake" artificial intelligence technology to pose as a top Ukrainian official, lawmakers and congressional aides said T…

A "deepfake" caller posed as a top Ukrainian official in a recent videoconference with Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, renewing fears that lawmakers could become the targets of malign actors seek…

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin, D-Md., was the target of a sophisticated spoofing operation where a video caller used deepfake imagery to pose as a high-level Ukrainian official, according to multiple reports late We…

Washington (AP) — An advanced deepfake operation targeted Sen. Ben Cardin, the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this month, according to the Office of Senate Security, the latest sign that nefarious actors are tur…

National security officials are investigating a Zoom call made to Maryland U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, where someone used deepfake technology to impersonate a former top Ukrainian official. 

Authorities are still trying to determine who is res…

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin was targeted by a caller who posed as a former top Ukrainian official during a recent Zoom call, according to a notice circulated to Senate offices and obtained by NBC News on Wednesday…

A deepfake “actor” imitating Ukraine’s recently departed foreign minister targeted the chairman of the Senate’s powerful foreign relations committee in a suspected attempt at election interference, US officials have confirmed.

Ben Cardin, t…

Earlier this month, Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who serves as the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was targeted in an advanced deepfake operation that managed to in part succeed in duping the politician.

The opera…

US Sen. Ben Cardin, a Democrat from Maryland, recently joined a videoconference with a top Ukrainian official. The only problem? It was a deepfake.

Cardin believed he was speaking with former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who wa…