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Voice deepfakes imitate Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto
Audio deepfakes have been used to imitate Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto in a bid to get tycoons to pay millions of ransom for the release of Italian journalists overseas.
The scam targeted wealthy elite business leaders to place money into overseas bank accounts which fraudsters could then access. …
UK's user data request tries to break Apple's encryption
A notice has been served to tech giant, Apple, asking for permissions over data, which users have full autonomy over, to be shared with UK authorities. Not even Apple as a big tech corporation has access to encrypted data users store in its Cloud service.
The data request was made by the Home Office under the Investigatory Powers Act, which some have …
What you need to know: Transformative Women Inclusion Report 2025
Identity Week is delighted to announce our first Transformative Women Inclusion Report (2025). Inclusion in any workforce is a basic right. In technology industries in particular, male professionals outweigh women.
A lack of diversity in talented people working on the development of complex technologies like AI, blockchain or digital identity can impact the product in terms of creating accessible …
AI expenditure to rise sky-high in 2025
With Chinese-US relations tense to see who can dominate the AI landscape, 2025 is forecast to be another arms race for big tech companies to boost their investment and proposition.
Amazon has already forged a $100bn-plus investment in its infrastructure this year, whilst spending by four US tech giants increased by 63% last year. Although AI can be divisive, no country …
Australia seeks updated legislation for mobile payment wallets
As the global payments ecosystem surges with more ways to pay digitally, Australia’s band of banks believe it is time to update legislation to match the speed technology is changing our lives.
On average, consumers are making over 500 million transactions using their mobile wallet per month. Australia’s payments regulatory framework should encompass all modern products and services …
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Certified UK ID providers to be granted trust mark
All accredited digital identity services through the UK government’s digital trust and attributes framework are recorded on a UK register.
A new trust mark for assurance of identity verification services is set to update the system, which will be initially presented in a spreadsheet. …