How I Broke Into a Bank Account With an AI-Generated Voice

Various banks in the United States and Europe use voice recognition as a secure method to access accounts through simple calls; the writer of the article shares his experience regarding this practice inside the post. Using free or low-cost AI, it is possible to generate voices that are convincing enough to bypass speech recognition.

During a call with his bank, Joseph Cox decides to use ElevenLabs' AI to reproduce his own voice, while "saying" simple commands read directly from the computer. Surprisingly, the experiment works. Through the use of the service, he manages to enter his account without having to say a word.

Following this experiment, the writer says he was able to reach a new awareness regarding authentication via voice recognition: we are in a period of technological development that proceeds too quickly to be able to update ourselves in real time, especially when it comes to large-scale institutions, such as banks.