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A deepfake caller pretending to be a Ukrainian official almost tricked a US Senator

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Summary
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64% Informative

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin received an email from a fake Ukrainian official posing as Dmytro Kuleba asking him to meet on Zoom.

The person on the other end of the call reportedly asked Cardin “politically charged questions in relation to the upcoming election,” according to a Senate security email obtained by the New York Times .

It's still unclear who was behind the call.

VR Score

62

Informative language

58

Neutral language

23

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

67

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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