CYBER● ELEVATEDJul 23 · Jul 23, 2026, 11:45 AM
How Synthetic Identity Fraud is Coming for Machine Identities
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Most people understand identity theft as an attacker stealing a real person's sensitive information and impersonating them. Synthetic identity fraud is much harder to catch. Instead of stealing a real identity, the attacker manufactures a new one, frankensteining together several real data points with fabricated ones to create a person who doesn't exist. Since no real victim monitors misuse, a
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