The collapse of trust at the identity layer

Identity verification has become the latest front in the fight against industrialized fraud, according to a new report from Regula. The shift is visible across sectors that once relied on predictable verification routines. Criminals have learned to target the identity step itself, and the impact is spreading through financial services, healthcare, telecoms, crypto platforms, and aviation. Deepfake impersonation becomes the primary threat AI driven impersonation has moved into the mainstream. Deepfakes and synthetic identities have …