Joseph CoxFeb 5, 2024

New from 404 Media: inside the underground site where "neural networks" churn out fake IDs
- I tested the service, called OnlyFake, made two IDs in minutes
- I then used one to successfully bypass the identity verification check on a cryptocurrency exchange
- Massive implications for crime, cybersecurity. What does it mean for us when fake IDs are a mouse click away?

https://www.404media.co/inside-the-underground-site-where-ai-neural-networks-churns-out-fake-ids-onlyfake/

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs

The site, called OnlyFake, threatens to streamline everything from bank fraud to money laundering, and has implications for cybersecurity writ large.

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@josephcox Sites offering physical fake id’s, and images, aren’t something new. What is fairly recent though is we’ve reached a tipping point where image quality has become so good that even expert forensic review of an image can fail to spot that it’s fake.

What comes next is financial services no longer accepting an image of an ID as proof of identity. Instead, there will be a growth in the use of trusted eID’ tokens (e.g. BankID, Singpass, NDID, LuxTrust etc. )

Feb 5, 2024 at 3:25pmWeb