{"id":14137,"date":"2025-02-16T09:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T09:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14137"},"modified":"2025-02-16T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T09:50:48","slug":"the-loneliness-epidemic-is-a-security-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14137","title":{"rendered":"The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">UTA\u2019s Wang notes that while she hasn\u2019t assessed whether scammers are using generative AI to produce romance scam scripts, she is seeing evidence that they are using it to produce content for online dating profiles. \u201cI think it is something that has already happened, unfortunately,\u201d she says. \u201cScammers right now are just using AI-generated profiles.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"feature-large-callout\" class=\"CalloutFeatureLargeWrapper-cGjDsT fXVWFS\">\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Person and Weapon\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad127693ecfdf2bb28341f\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-1.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad127693ecfdf2bb28341f\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-1.png 120w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad127693ecfdf2bb28341f\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-1.png 240w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad127693ecfdf2bb28341f\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-1.png 320w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad127693ecfdf2bb28341f\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-1.png 640w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad127693ecfdf2bb28341f\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-1.png 960w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad127693ecfdf2bb28341f\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-1.png 1280w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad127693ecfdf2bb28341f\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Some criminals in Southeast Asia are already building <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/pig-butchering-scams-go-high-tech\/\">AI tools into their scamming operations<\/a>, with a <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.unodc.org\/roseap\/uploads\/documents\/Publications\/2024\/TOC_Convergence_Report_2024.pdf\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.unodc.org\/roseap\/uploads\/documents\/Publications\/2024\/TOC_Convergence_Report_2024.pdf&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unodc.org\/roseap\/uploads\/documents\/Publications\/2024\/TOC_Convergence_Report_2024.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations report<\/a> in October saying organized crime efforts have been \u201cgenerating personalized scripts to deceive victims while engaging in real-time conversations in hundreds of languages.\u201d Google <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/blog\/topics\/threat-intelligence\/adversarial-misuse-generative-ai\">says<\/a> scam emails to businesses are being generated with AI. And separately, the FBI has <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/PSA\/2024\/PSA241203\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/PSA\/2024\/PSA241203&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/PSA\/2024\/PSA241203\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a>, AI allows criminals to more quickly message victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Criminals will use a range of manipulation tactics to entrap their victims and build up their perceived romantic relationships. This includes asking intimate questions of their potential victims that only a trusted confidant would ask\u2014for example, questions about relationships or dating history. Attackers also build intimacy through a technique known as \u201clove bombing,\u201d in which they use terms of endearment to try to rapidly advance a feeling of connection and closeness. As romance scams progress, it is very common for attackers to start saying that victims are their girlfriend or boyfriend, or even call them \u201chusband\u201d or \u201cwife\u201d as a way of signaling their devotion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Carter emphasizes that a core tactic used by romance scammers is to make their heartthrob personas seem hapless and vulnerable. Criminals lurking on dating apps, for example, will sometimes even claim that they were previously scammed and are wary of trusting anyone new. This names the elephant in the room right away and makes it seem less likely that the person the victim is chatting with could be a scammer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">When it comes to extorting money from their victims, this vulnerability is crucial. \u201cThey will do things like explain that they have some kind of cash-flow problem in their business, not ask for money, drop it, then maybe a few weeks later bring it back up again,\u201d Carter says. At which point, she explains, the person being manipulated may want to help and proactively offer to send money. Attackers may even go so far, at first, as to argue with victims and attempt to dissuade them from sending funds, all to manipulate targets into believing that it is not only safe but also important to take a stand and assist someone they care about.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"feature-large-callout\" class=\"CalloutFeatureLargeWrapper-cGjDsT fXVWFS\">\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Ammunition Missile Weapon and Person\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad128095bb1e9c897e00ec\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-2.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad128095bb1e9c897e00ec\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-2.png 120w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad128095bb1e9c897e00ec\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-2.png 240w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad128095bb1e9c897e00ec\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-2.png 320w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad128095bb1e9c897e00ec\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-2.png 640w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad128095bb1e9c897e00ec\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-2.png 960w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad128095bb1e9c897e00ec\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-2.png 1280w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/67ad128095bb1e9c897e00ec\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/romance-scammers-pq-2.png 1600w\" data-sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cIt&#8217;s never framed as the perpetrator wanting money for themselves,\u201d Carter says. \u201cThere is a real link between the language of fraud criminals and the language of domestic abusers and coercive controllers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In a lot of cases, criminals find romance scam success with people who are struggling with feelings of loneliness, says Brian Mason, a constable with the Edmonton Police Service in Alberta, Canada, who works with the victims of scams. \u201cEspecially with romance scams, it\u2019s very difficult to convince the person that the person they\u2019re speaking with is not in love,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTA\u2019s Wang notes that while she hasn\u2019t assessed whether scammers are using generative AI to produce romance scam scripts, she is seeing evidence that they are using it to produce content for online dating profiles. \u201cI think it is something that has already happened, unfortunately,\u201d she says. \u201cScammers right now are just using AI-generated profiles.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":711,"featured_media":14138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[928,1670,3571,3553,921,328],"class_list":["post-14137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-data-privacy","tag-dating-apps","tag-love-bytes","tag-security","tag-social-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis | Unlock Informed Choices with Us<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. 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