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The Top Three Emerging AI Threat Tactics Changing the Face

of Identity Fraud

By Ashwin Sugavanam, VP of AI & Identity Analytics

AI innovation is accelerating at a pace the world has never seen before and unfortunately providing just
as many advancements for bad actors as it is for good. It is now alarmingly easy to manufacture
believable, fake digital identities, and these advancements are outpacing traditional identity verification
methods. For example, initial biometrics-based identity verification tactics once offered sufficient barriers,
but today’s cybercriminals are using tools that can manipulate even sophisticated security systems.

From injected selfies to synthetic identities, these fraud techniques are industrialized, automated, and
scalable. If we don’t evolve our defenses to adapt to these threats, we risk opening the door to widespread
exploitation.

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