AI Update: A Cloned Voice Helped Steal €95 Million from an Italian Bank
This week’s AI Update covers a €95 million voice-cloning scam, government-site hacking attempts, model extraction claims, biometric privacy and agent payments.
Features
India Plans Mandatory Facial Recognition for Airport and Airline Staff
India’s government plans to require facial recognition screening for airport and airline employees, linking biometric checks with a digital airport-entry pass…
Anthropic Faces Illinois Biometric Privacy Claims Over Claude ID Checks
Anthropic faces a proposed class action alleging that its identity-verification process for Claude collected Illinois users’ facial biometrics without the…
UK Invites Providers to Test Machine-Readable Digital Identity Register
The UK’s Office for Digital Identities and Attributes, known as OfDIA, is inviting digital-verification providers to test the onboarding process for a…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Renews Call for Facial Recognition Legislation
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Brian Plastow has renewed his call for primary legislation governing live facial recognition, while supporting its…
Troy Group Flags Birth Certificates as a Target for Document Fraud
Birth certificates and other foundational identity records can give fraudsters a route around increasingly secure passports when their personalized data is…
Facephi Plans UAE Azure Deployment for Financial Identity Checks
Facephi plans to deploy its digital identity and fraud-prevention platform on Microsoft Azure infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates, allowing financial…
Noblis Announces Patent for Continuous Biometric and Environmental Authentication
Noblis has announced a U.S. patent for an access-control system that continually evaluates biometric and environmental signals, rather than making a single…
VIDIZMO Pitched Police on Facial Search of Flock Camera Data
Surveillance-software vendor VIDIZMO pitched a Tennessee police department on searching Flock Safety camera data by face, vehicle and object alongside Axon…
AI Update: AI Agents Helped Steal 600,000 Payment Card Records
AI agents helped steal 600,000 payment card records. This week’s AI Update covers real-world breaches, deepfake defenses and identity controls for agents.