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Digital identity verification spend to reach $16.7 billion in 2026

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Jun

2021

Spending on digital identity verification by businesses will reach $16.7 billion in 2026, from $9.4 billion in 2021, Juniper Research finds. Digital identity verification is where identity is checked using digitally verifiable elements, such as selfie scans, address checks and knowledge-based authentication. This 77% growth will be fuelled by the rapidly growing need to digitally […]

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Threat Actor Leaks Personal Records of 250 Million American Households on Hacking Forum

28

Apr

2021

A threat actor named Pompompurin has posted a treasure trove of 250 million personal records belonging to US residents. The database containing 263 GB of personally identifiable information (PII) and household-related data was leaked on a popular hacking forum last week. According to an analysis done by Hackread.com, the records contain 1255 CSV sub-files, each […]

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COVID-19 creates a boom in biometric adoption

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Apr

2021

Goode Intelligence published a survey which captured the views and opinions of companies that have deployed or are thinking of deploying biometrics. COVID-19 has accelerated the shift to digital, creating a boom in biometric adoption. Sixty-two percent of survey respondents said that their company has increased the prioritization of technology that supports remote onboarding and […]

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Digital identity verification spend to reach $16.7 billion in 2026

Threat Actor Leaks Personal Records of 250 Million American Households on Hacking Forum

COVID-19 creates a boom in biometric adoption

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