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Use of stolen or fabricated personal data to open or access financial accounts and cards, here at nearly 130,000 UK filings in a half-year.
The identity proofing volume of NIST's digital identity suite lists six outcomes an enrollment flow has to produce, and each one is written as a check that can pass while another fails.
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Two papers published on November 7 set out what a verifier should be told about an mDL's provenance, assurance and status. Who publishes the issuer keys behind that signature check is the part still missing.
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C-suite officers and presidents make up more than 73% of the 395 people in Rapid7's telemetry, and a Social Security number cannot be cancelled, so the fix has to happen wherever an SSN still counts as proof.
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Cifas logged a record 220,000-plus UK fraud cases in the first half of 2026. Identity fraud and account takeover dominate the mix, and telco-issued phone numbers are doing credential work.
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