Rubio and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Kuala Lumpur on the sidelines of the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, which brings together 10 ASEAN members and their most important diplomatic partners including Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, European nations and the U.S.

An unknown individual or group using AI impersonated Secretary of State Marco Rubio to contact at least five high-level government, according to a State Department cable.