Is Your Business Next?

Imagine getting a call or message from your boss, a client, or even your parent, asking for something urgent—banking info, a password reset, access to systems.
Now imagine... it wasn’t them.
It was their voice. But not their voice.
Welcome to the era of synthetic trust.

🧠 What Just Happened?

In June, a sophisticated attacker used only seven seconds of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s voice to impersonate him convincingly—sending messages, voicemails, even communicating on secure apps like Signal with global leaders. The voice was AI-generated. The impact? Real-world chaos at the highest diplomatic levels.

This wasn’t a Hollywood script.

It was a wake-up call for everyone—not just government officials.

🛑 Pause. If They Can Trick a Foreign Minister...

They can trick your assistant.
Your grandmother.
Your CEO.
Your IT team.
You.

This isn’t theoretical anymore.
This is now.

🤖 What Makes This So Dangerous?

Voice cloning is no longer science fiction. It's drag-and-drop easy. Tools like ElevenLabs, HeyGen, and open-source platforms let anyone with minimal skill copy your voice from a webinar, TikTok clip, or Zoom call.

🔊 80% of humans can’t tell a cloned voice from a real one.
📲 A single voicemail can unlock trust—and access.

If you’ve spoken online, you’ve unknowingly donated your voice to the dark web's newest toybox.

💡 Krome IT Has Been Sounding This Alarm

Over the past two years, Krome IT has seen AI-driven impersonation attempts hit from every direction—from startup founders to high-profile entrepreneurs like Alex and Leila Hormozi (Acquisition.com), Chase Bush (Bush & Associates), Cox executives, nonprofit C-suite leaders, and innovators across media, real estate, and hospitality—many of the leaders we support have found themselves on both sides of the threat.

Some were directly targeted, with attackers cloning the voice or face of someone they trust—a colleague, partner, or executive contact—used to manipulate behavior or attempts to gain unauthorized access.
Others had their own identities weaponized, impersonated in attempts designed to deceive our team or compromise others in their orbit.

As Tyler Carraway, Director of IT at Acquisition.com, powerfully said:

“Nobody’s safe unless technical leadership is actively translating real risk up the chain. If ownership and decision-makers aren’t aware, the entire organization is exposed.”

That’s not fear. That’s foresight.

And if that doesn’t hit you, you’re not paying attention.

We are far beyond the days of patchwork fixes and letting your cousin’s sister’s brother’s friend—who “used to work at Geek Squad”—set up your network.

Running your company off a BestBuy router backbone might seem harmless… until it becomes the open door.

That kind of setup isn’t just outdated.
It’s a liability.

Think of your tech stack like your mouth:
If you’re not brushing twice, flossing, and rinsing—you’re rotting from the inside out.
Most businesses? They don’t even know what flossing looks like in cybersecurity.

And they’re getting breached.
Quietly. Daily. Brutally.

This is the new cybercriminal playbook:
Exploit trust. Hijack identity. Move fast.

At Krome IT, we see this play out almost every single day.

Consider Amazon: Their systems are currently being hit with 750 million hacking attempts per day—up from just 100 million nine months earlier.

That’s a 650% increase, powered by one thing:
🤖 Generative AI.

🛡️ This Isn’t About Fear. This Is About Readiness.

What happens when your COO gets a voice message from you… but it’s not you?
What if your kid gets a call from “mom” asking for help?

These are no longer strange hypotheticals.
They’re already happening.

And if Amazon’s AI-powered honeypots like “MadPot” are still occasionally breached, what chance do small and mid-sized businesses have without layered, intelligent defenses?

🔐 The Power of a Silly-Sounding Solution

One of the simplest tools we recommend to every leadership team is this:

Voice Passwords.

Yup. A code word.
Something absurdly easy to implement.

Just like how we had “safe words” as kids, your leadership team should have voice-verification phrases.

They may sound funny. But trust us: they work.

“Banana pancakes.”
“Red dog is sleeping.”
“Not now, I’m in a submarine.”

It doesn’t matter what it is—as long as your team knows to ask for it.

(Read more: The Human Firewall - in our Blog)

👨‍👩‍👧 This Isn’t Just Business. This Is Personal.

You might be thinking, “This doesn’t apply to me.”
But here’s the kicker:

Have kids? They’re at risk.
Have parents online? They’re targets.
Are you on LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok? Congratulations—your voice is probably already out there.

So here’s what you do:

• Share this article with a colleague.
• Text it to your mom.
• Forward it to your boss.
• Screenshot the “voice password” section and post it on your company Slack.

⚙️ So What Now?

Krome IT is built for this era.
We don’t wait for the fire.
We help you build the sprinkler system.

Our AI-aware security stack includes:
✅ Human Firewall Training
✅ Deepfake & Voice Clone Detection
✅ Communication Authentication Protocols
✅ Infrastructure Hardening
✅ Live Engineer Monitoring

And because we serve everyone from media studios to global execs to local nonprofits—we know how to scale it for you.

🎯 Don’t React Later. Prepare Now.

You don’t need another vendor. You need a partner in the trenches who sees the future, secures the present, and helps you sleep better at night.

👉 Let’s talk. Book a quick call with us today.
Because the voice on the other end of the line might not be who you think it is.