Huntress Employee Describes Family Impersonation Scam and AI Voice-Cloning Risk
Summary
Huntress employee Andrew Schlemmer recounts how an attacker impersonated him by phone and defrauded his grandfather in 2020. He warns that AI voice cloning could make similar scams more convincing and easier to scale.
Key points
- In 2020, an attacker impersonated Andrew Schlemmer by phone and persuaded his grandfather to lose a significant amount of money.
- Schlemmer describes the incident as social engineering that required no malware or complex intrusion.
- He says he later trained more than 500 adults on security practices, AI awareness, and tools such as Google Workspace.
- Schlemmer warns that AI voice cloning and deepfakes could make family-impersonation scams more convincing and scalable.
Article Details
- Topic
- Employee spotlight on Andrew Schlemmer and his cybersecurity education work, shaped by a family member’s social-engineering scam and concerns about AI-enabled impersonation.