Incident 787: Deepfake ID Sales Allegedly Persist as OnlyFake Reportedly Relaunches with New Fraud Tools

Description: Researchers from Au10tix discovered the relaunch of OnlyFake, a site offering AI-generated fake IDs. Despite an earlier takedown, the site reemerged with disclaimers and new tools, including handwritten signature generation. These fakes are challenging biometric verification systems and are reportedly being used to perpetuate fraudulent activity.

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Incident Stats

Incident ID
787
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2024-03-01
Editors
Anonymous User, Daniel Atherton
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Risk Domain

  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

AI

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Intentional

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hackernoon.com · 2024

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Au10tix researchers discover relaunched fake ID generation site OnlyFake
biometricupdate.com · 2024

OnlyFake.org caused a stir among digital identity verification providers and businesses relying on biometrics to onboard customers when it was revealed as a tool for attempting fraud at scale.

The website vanished from the internet followin…

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securityaffairs.com · 2026

Ukrainian citizen Yurii Nazarenko admitted running OnlyFake, an AI-driven site that sold over 10,000 fake IDs worldwide.

Ukrainian man Yurii Nazarenko pleaded guilty to operating OnlyFake, an AI-powered site that generated and sold more tha…

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