British PM Burnham duped by White House impostor

The FBI has warned of ‘malicious actors’ misusing AI to impersonate senior government officials.Published On 17 Aug 202617 Aug 2026British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reportedly exchanged messages with someone posing as a senior government official in the United States.The UK leader believed he was speaking to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in a recent exchange of messages, the Politico news outlet reported on Monday. US authorities have warned in recent months about AI being used to impersonate senior government officials.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump’s Pentagon demands media agree not to reveal ‘unauthorised’ materiallist 2 of 3After OpenAI disclosure, Anthropic says Claude also hacked outside systemslist 3 of 3Saudi intelligence chief meets Iraqi PM, renews Riyadh visit invitationend of listAccording to the report, sources said that Burnham exchanged a “few messages” but that they were “of no significance”. The contents of the messages remain unclear.Burnham then reportedly became suspicious, cut off communications and informed the relevant authorities.A British government spokesperson refused to comment on the report, saying it is against polic...