Podcast: Inside a Fraud Factory

This week we start with Joseph's investigation into OnlyFake, an underground website that lets anyone generate convincing photos of fake IDs at the click of a mouse. Joseph successfully used one of these to bypass the identity verification process at a cryptocurrency exchange. This really will have massive implications for crime and cybersecurity more generally. After the break, we have a double feature with a story about AI audio porn and then a likely low tech response to the ongoing deepfake crisis. In the subscribers-only section, Emanuel tells us about how he investigated the Instagram ad to investment scam pipeline.

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• Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs
• ‘Neural Network’ Fake ID Site Goes Dark After 404 Media Investigation
• AI-Generated Grandma Porn Is Flooding the Internet
• ‘DignifAI:’ 4chan Is Editing Pictures to Clothe Women
• Fake Bill Ackman and Jim Cramer Instagram Ads are Trying to Take My Money