Scammers now use AI and deepfakes to (1)偽造する/(2)徐々に進む 文書s and steal money

  • High-tech 犯罪のs are using the 最新の ソフトウェア to pretend to be their 犠牲者s
  • This helps them 敗北・負かす anti-詐欺 対策 and get money and 価値のある data

Fraudsters have turned to AI to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 身元確認,身分証明 checks as 研究 明らかにする/漏らすs that a third of Brits 株 極度の慎重さを要する 文書s unprotected online.

によれば 身元 立証 壇・綱領・公約 IDnow, those 老年の between 18 and 24 are at the most 危険, with a 大規模な 48 per cent of young people having 株d their ID 文書s 経由で risky channels such as email, social マスコミ or messaging apps.

This compares with just 21 per cent of over 55s who 報告(する)/憶測d having done the same.

However, while 45 per cent of Brits said they were aware that sending images or ざっと目を通すs of the ID 文書s 経由で online 壇・綱領・公約s could be 得るd by 犯罪のs and used in fraudulent activity, 33 per cent did so anyway.

Face-off: Fraudsters are using deepfake technology and stolen identification documents to bypass ID verification systems

直面する-off: Fraudsters are using 深い 偽の 科学(工学)技術 and stolen 身元確認,身分証明 文書s to bypass ID 立証 systems

In fact, ignorance could be the biggest danger to the public, with the 調査する 示すing that いっそう少なく than a third of the British public know what deepfakes are and are aware of the 危険s that come with them.

Deepfakes are ビデオs, photographs or 音声部の clips that mimic a real person, and can be 高度に 納得させるing.?

IDnow 文書 and 詐欺 director Lovro Persen said: 'Worryingly, this 研究 示唆するs that the UK public is not as 関心d, or aware as they should be of the 危険s associated with such digitally-生成するd images or ビデオs.

'The 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の leaps in AI 科学(工学)技術 mean it's now almost too 平易な for a fraudster to carry out 財政上の 罪,犯罪s. 消費者s shouldn't make it even easier for fraudsters though.?

'Our advice is always to think twice before sending a ざっと目を通す or photo of your 運動ing licence or パスポート into the 数字表示式の ether 経由で unencrypted channels, such as social マスコミ or email.'

With the rise of AI and deepfake 科学(工学)技術 over 最近の years, 犯罪のs are ますます coming up with ways to capitalise on the 道具s at their 処分.

This 科学(工学)技術 means that 伝統的な methods of authenticating 文書s, 一般に 経由で a visual 査察, are no longer 十分な IF high-tech fraudsters can make 誤った 文書s good enough to pass as the real thing.

Fraudsters and scammers are now making use of AI across their scamming activity, によれば IDnow co-創立者 and 長,指導者 科学(工学)技術 and 安全 officer Armin Bauer.

Armin Bauer warns that images shared online could be used by fraudsters

Armin Bauer 警告するs that images 株d online could be used by fraudsters

He 追加するd that phishing attacks are becoming ますます difficult to (悪事,秘密などを)発見する as the rise of AI sees より小数の of the (一定の)期間ing and grammar errors that 以前 dogged these scams.

Scammers are using AI to create 現実主義の (1)偽造する/(2)徐々に進むd 文書s, 同様に as 現実主義の ビデオ s of people, which can then be used to bypass 身元確認,身分証明 立証 過程s, such as when 開始 a bank account or making a credit card 使用/適用.

'Deepfakes are used to break into systems that 要求する you to identify yourself,' Bauer told This is Money.

'Fraudsters typically try to 生成する a 完全に new person that doesn't 現実に 存在する, or they use a stolen ID card and 生成する [a deepfake] of the person that it belongs to.'

The fraudsters then use these mocked up 身元 文書s to 伸び(る) 接近 to whichever 壇・綱領・公約 they are 的ing.

Scammers use these techniques to run romance scams too.

Dating app Tinder is bringing in better ID checks, 含むing ビデオ selfie comparisons to 身元 文書s, after the app was continuously 的d by?romance scammers.

Alex Laurie, 上級の 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長 at 身元 管理/経営 会社/堅い Ping 身元 said: 'Online dating 壇・綱領・公約s, like Tinder, are 特に susceptible to catfishing and deception. 使用者s 願望(する) authenticity in their 関係s, yet the 危険 of 遭遇(する)ing fraudulent personas 固執するs unless 身元s are rigorously 立証するd.'

How to stay 安全な from ID scammers?

While many organisations are turning to more 前進するd biometric 安全 systems, such as those that recognise facial movements such as blinks, there are 対策 Britons can take to better 保護する their 極度の慎重さを要する 文書s.

'確実にする that your 装置s are up to date, and that you aren't 株ing too much (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) 率直に…any time you 株 images 広範囲にわたって, fraudsters can take those images and try to use them,' Bauer said.

'The real way to fight this 詐欺 is to use 科学(工学)技術 providers who are able to 戦闘 that 詐欺. It is becoming more of a problem, and any 過程 that is not equipped to 戦闘 that 詐欺 will get into trouble.'

However, he 追加するd that the use of AI by fraudsters is an 問題/発行する that needs to be dealt with at a larger level.

He 追加するd: 'I think it is a topic that should be 演説(する)/住所d by all parties. The 政府 should be 伴う/関わるd and there should be 規則… The 産業 also has to play their part in 保護するing their services for something like bank account 開始, so that it is not possible to use 深い 偽のs to open fraudulent bank accounts.'

'Of course, it also helps if 使用者s follow the best 安全 practices, and 確実にする their (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) is 安全な・保証する and can't be 乱用d.'