Rachel Tobac
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Podcast Appearances
You're not going to know the method of the attack, whether it's going to be a phone call, email, text, contacting your service providers, pretending to be you. Elizabeth is awesome. She's like, that's fine. That's like completely fine. I'm really excited. And I'm like, okay, let's do this.
You're not going to know the method of the attack, whether it's going to be a phone call, email, text, contacting your service providers, pretending to be you. Elizabeth is awesome. She's like, that's fine. That's like completely fine. I'm really excited. And I'm like, okay, let's do this.
So I decided that I wanted to do a phone call because I wanted to clone Sharon's voice and spoof Sharon's phone number to Elizabeth and trick her during a phone call to reveal some sort of personal information to me. Now, Sharon is a famous reporter, so her voice is everywhere. I grabbed about five minutes worth of samples of her voice just from YouTube videos from 60 Minutes.
So I decided that I wanted to do a phone call because I wanted to clone Sharon's voice and spoof Sharon's phone number to Elizabeth and trick her during a phone call to reveal some sort of personal information to me. Now, Sharon is a famous reporter, so her voice is everywhere. I grabbed about five minutes worth of samples of her voice just from YouTube videos from 60 Minutes.
I put her voice into my voice cloning tool. I start tweaking the tool. There's voice clone settings for things like clarity, voice stability, style exaggeration. And I finally get the settings tweaked to a point where I feel like it's going to be credible at all during a phone call, but it's not 100% perfect.
I put her voice into my voice cloning tool. I start tweaking the tool. There's voice clone settings for things like clarity, voice stability, style exaggeration. And I finally get the settings tweaked to a point where I feel like it's going to be credible at all during a phone call, but it's not 100% perfect.
And I do my open source intelligence to find the right phone numbers to spoof and the right phone numbers to call. Like I said, data brokerage sites have personal contact details for almost everyone. And I need to find the right details to use during the hack, like upcoming travel, the right information to try and siphon out for the demo.
And I do my open source intelligence to find the right phone numbers to spoof and the right phone numbers to call. Like I said, data brokerage sites have personal contact details for almost everyone. And I need to find the right details to use during the hack, like upcoming travel, the right information to try and siphon out for the demo.
You can find most of this stuff through social media when people talk about their lives. The only issue. Now, I'm going to have to somehow get Elizabeth to participate in this hack without her realizing it's the hack itself going down. How am I going to do that? She's already consented to this and she knows it's coming.
You can find most of this stuff through social media when people talk about their lives. The only issue. Now, I'm going to have to somehow get Elizabeth to participate in this hack without her realizing it's the hack itself going down. How am I going to do that? She's already consented to this and she knows it's coming.
So I figure the only way that this is going to work is if it feels natural within the filming day. Otherwise, how is the film team going to catch the hack live so that anyone in the audience can watch it?
So I figure the only way that this is going to work is if it feels natural within the filming day. Otherwise, how is the film team going to catch the hack live so that anyone in the audience can watch it?
Not yet. Let me tell you these details. So I get my hair and makeup done for 60 minutes, right? I'm doing my vocal warmups. I'm like, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. I'm getting ready for recording. Sharon's still in her room prepping for the day. The light and the sound crew are getting the gear ready for the shoot. Elizabeth shows up. She's getting ready.
Not yet. Let me tell you these details. So I get my hair and makeup done for 60 minutes, right? I'm doing my vocal warmups. I'm like, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. I'm getting ready for recording. Sharon's still in her room prepping for the day. The light and the sound crew are getting the gear ready for the shoot. Elizabeth shows up. She's getting ready.
I pull aside the head of the sound and lighting crew, and I let them know that I think the only way they're going to be able to catch this hack on camera live is this. I'm going to go out into the hallway with my computer and phone. You, the camera crew, cannot follow me because it'll be way too obvious to Elizabeth if you follow me.
I pull aside the head of the sound and lighting crew, and I let them know that I think the only way they're going to be able to catch this hack on camera live is this. I'm going to go out into the hallway with my computer and phone. You, the camera crew, cannot follow me because it'll be way too obvious to Elizabeth if you follow me.
And it really shouldn't matter anyway because it will be me on the other end of the phone call. So you should catch the interaction from her end anyway. So you, the crew, must ask Elizabeth to stand in for Sharon so you can get lighting, sound, everything prepped so that when Sharon finally comes down, she can just slide into the shot and we can get started.
And it really shouldn't matter anyway because it will be me on the other end of the phone call. So you should catch the interaction from her end anyway. So you, the crew, must ask Elizabeth to stand in for Sharon so you can get lighting, sound, everything prepped so that when Sharon finally comes down, she can just slide into the shot and we can get started.
That way, when I start the hack, you'll be able to actually see and hear Elizabeth and be able to catch the attack in motion.
That way, when I start the hack, you'll be able to actually see and hear Elizabeth and be able to catch the attack in motion.