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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's Weekly Breach Breakdown for March 15th, 2024. I'm Alex Achten, Director of Communications & Media Relations of the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast.

Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, I will discuss one of the most talked about topics in recent months – AI voice cloning scams. The rise in those deceiving scams gives a new meaning to the song "Voices Inside My Head," which debuted in the 1980's. I know I sang in my last episode…but not this time!

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To read Kelcee Griffis’s story for Tech Brew and hear all the audio samples, click here: https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/02/02/ai-voice-cloning-robocalls-biden

The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast by ITRC - Voices Inside My Head - S5E8

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