Mumbai: Indian intelligence companies have recognized a potent iteration of the honey lure tactic, leveraging synthetic intelligence (AI) instruments, particularly deep fakes orchestrated by Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIO).
As per dependable sources, fictitious characters tailor-made to suit the perfect honey lure profile are being created to lure civil and defence institution personnel, contract-based employees in defence institutions, troopers, bureaucrats and high police officers. A number of suspected officers are at the moment below the company radar for additional probe.
PIOs Sending Malware Below Guise Of Valentine’s Day Greetings:
Company sources revealed that the engagement of PIOs has been notably lively owing to Valentine’s Day, utilizing romantic or intimate relationships for interpersonal manipulation. Below the guise of affection, a number of malware messages and linked graphics, pictures, discussion groups linked to Valentine’s greetings have been despatched by PIOs in a bid to hack into official profiles to acquire delicate info.
 As per probe, a lot of the suspected feminine profiles are AI generated with names similar to Payal, Sonia, Arti, Mamta, and Sunita, amongst others, to look real, outdated, and dependable. The created profiles undertake the identities of fashions, struggling actresses, divorcees or needy individuals. At any time when a defence personnel, jawan, high-ranking officer, or bureaucrat makes use of social media, these fictitious identities are deployed.
PIOs Provide Sexual Favours:
In response to categorized info obtained by the FPJ, the operation is predicated on databases extracted from smartphones of focused officers. The PIOs choose their targets by analysing the info extracted from these gadgets. Notably, the PIOs are well-informed about their targets, making it straightforward to interact and deceive them. Throughout interactions, they provide sexual favours, subsequently compromising the info on the officers’ telephones.Â
In a latest honeytrap case investigated by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), 900 chats have been found between a PIO and Gaurav Arjun Patil, a trainee civil apprentice on the Naval Dockyard. In response to sources, the alleged AI-created profiles of Payal Angel and Arti Sharma have been used for communication, and a number of other different people below surveillance have been contacted utilizing these profiles completely.
The idea of honey-trapping leans extra in the direction of the psychological facet relatively than the technological side. After latest incidents, the Indian Military determined to handle this problem by growing their very own AI chatbot with the intention of luring their very own troopers and figuring out potential spies.
