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Japan opens My Number Card to private app integration by Toshiba in digital ID shift | Biometric Update
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (610+ words) Japan is expanding its national digital identity system, authorizing Toshiba Digital Engineering Corporation to install applications in the unused space of the My Number Card's IC chip. The government notice, issued under the Number Act's enforcement rules, allows regulated private'sector…...
Open Elasticsearch server exposes 676 million US identity records | Biometric Update
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (1101+ words) A massive identity database containing more than 676 million U.S. records, including full Social Security numbers, was discovered publicly accessible on the open Internet, according to a new threat intelligence report from SOCRadar. The scale of the exposure makes it one of…...
Open Elasticsearch server exposes 676 million US identity records
7+ hour, 21+ min ago (1101+ words) A massive identity database containing more than 676 million U.S. records, including full Social Security numbers, was discovered publicly accessible on the open Internet, according to a new threat intelligence report from SOCRadar. The scale of the exposure makes it one of…...
Age verification for social media, chatbots go viral with regulators globally | Biometric Update
23+ hour, 38+ min ago (984+ words) The UK has launched its promised public consultation on whether or not to impose age restrictions on social media platforms. A release from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) calls it "the world's most ambitious consultation on social…...
Deepfakes can duck dated detection tools, need new layers of protection
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (647+ words) A sinister impostor sits in the trusted circle, biding his time. With luck, he will quietly waddle his way into a fortune, nabbing millions in fraud out from under the bills of so many unsuspecting mallards. Alas! Here comes DuckDuckGoose…...
Wrap AI systems in identity-based continuous trust to scale safely: GBG’s Venkatesh | Biometric Update
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (213+ words) The real risk of AI comes from the gaps it exposes in identity and authorization systems and the speed of consequences from the decisions it informs, according to GBG Global Head of Innovation Kartik Venkatesh. In a contribution to The…...
US lawmaker unveils plan for sweeping overhaul of Privacy Act | Biometric Update
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1424+ words) Democratic Rep. Lori Trahan this week released a sweeping report arguing that the decades old Privacy Act of 1974, once a landmark safeguard against government overreach, is now structurally incapable of protecting Americans in an era defined by cloud computing, data…...
Deutsche Telekom launches unified mobile credential security platform for business | Biometric Update
1+ week, 3+ day ago (415+ words) Deutsche Telekom (DT) is launching a new mobile security platform, which will allow the user to store their digital identity, certificates and keys on a unified platform on their smartphone. The Magenta Security Mobile.ID platform is pitched at businesses…...
One billion identity records exposed in unsecured ID verification database | Biometric Update
1+ week, 4+ day ago (785+ words) Security researchers who identified the unsecured server said it was linked to and believed to be tied to IDMerit, a global digital identity verification company whose services are integrated into onboarding and compliance systems used by businesses in financial services,…...
ROC stock launches on Nasdaq with $24M target | Biometric Update
1+ week, 4+ day ago (404+ words) Members of the public looking for an American facial recognition and forensic biometrics developer to invest in have a new option, with ROC stock launching on Nasdaq on Friday. ROC has set a price tag of $6 per share for the…...