The 2022 Deepfakes vs Biometric KYC Verification report by Sensity AI reveals that most commercial KYC biometric verification systems are highly vulnerable to deepfake attacks. Testing ten major providers, Sensity found that active and passive liveness checks, face matching, and ID verification could all be bypassed using their Deepfake Offensive Toolkit (DOT). Real-time face swaps and manipulated ID photos consistently fooled verification systems. Only one passive liveness provider detected the spoof. Industries like banking, marketplaces, and government are especially at risk. The report calls for urgent improvements in biometric defenses and highlights a $76.2M Chinese tax fraud as a case study.

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