Libyan Prosecutor Reports More Than 315,000 Unlawful National ID Numbers
Libya’s Attorney General Al-Siddiq Al-Sour says a nationwide review of citizenship records has identified more than 315,000 unlawfully issued national…
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FaceTec’s Geoff Slagle Warns Against Overreliance on Visual ID Checks
Organizations relying on staff to inspect identity documents and compare photographs with faces are leaving themselves exposed to forgery and impersonation,…
Complaints Over Refused South Korean Mobile IDs Rose 22-Fold in Three Years
Complaints about South Korean mobile IDs being refused or unusable rose about 22-fold in three years, from 105 in 2022 to 2,323 in 2025, according to Ministry…
Denmark Urges End to CPR-Based ID Checks After Breach Exposes 8.8 Million Records
Unauthorized parties obtained the names, addresses and CPR numbers of about 8.8 million people from Denmark’s Central Person Register by abusing a private…
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…
Gyeonggi Opens Employee Verification Portal to Counter Official-Impersonation Scams
South Korea’s Gyeonggi provincial government has launched a public employee-verification service to help businesses and residents check whether someone…
AI Update: A Multi-Agent Attack Harvested Thousands of Credentials in Under Six Hours
AI Update September 11, 2026 Security and identity briefing A multi-agent framework compressed mass credential theft into hours, distillation campaigns exposed…
Delhi High Court Orders Biometric Aadhaar Checks for All GST Registrations
The Delhi High Court has issued an interim nationwide direction barring new Goods and Services Tax registrations unless the applicant completes biometric…
Shufti Finds Forged Documents Dominate Linked Fraud Attempts
Reused forged documents were the leading link between coordinated fraudulent onboarding attempts in the first half of 2026, according to an analysis of…
AI Update: Agents Used Exposed Credentials to Hack Hugging Face
AI Update September 4, 2026 Security and identity briefing Exposed credentials fueled attacks on AI infrastructure, Astra arrived with a Critical cyber rating,…