MITRE ATLAS 2026.09 / technique reference
AML.T0073
Impersonation
MITRE source definition
Adversaries may impersonate a trusted person or organization in order to persuade and trick a target into performing some action on their behalf. For example, adversaries may communicate with victims (via [Phishing](/techniques/AML.T0052), or [Spearphishing via Social Engineering LLM](/techniques/AML.T0052.000)) while impersonating a known sender such as an executive, colleague, or third-party vendor. Established trust can then be leveraged to accomplish an adversary's ultimate goals, possibly against multiple victims.
Adversaries may target resources that are part of the AI DevOps lifecycle, such as model repositories, container registries, and software registries.
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Parent, sub-techniques and ATT&CK references
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Source-backed defensive context
MITRE mitigations
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MITRE case studies
- AML.CS0027 Organization Confusion on Hugging Face · Exercise
- AML.CS0033 Live Deepfake Image Injection to Evade Mobile KYC Verification · Exercise
- AML.CS0034 ProKYC: Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks · Incident
- AML.CS0044 LAMEHUG: Malware Leveraging Dynamic AI-Generated Commands · Incident
- AML.CS0053 Poisoned Postmark MCP Server Email Exfiltration · Incident
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Simulation and telemetry boundary
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