AI-assisted deepfakes are another area of particular concern for global organisations. The rise in face-swap apps and generative AI (GenAI) tools has allowed fraudsters to perform and scale increasingly believable biometric fraud attacks.
Digital document forgery surpassed physical counterfeits as the leading method of fraud in 2024, accounting for 57% of all document fraud globally. This marks a 244% increase from last year, according to Entrust Cybersecurity Institute’s 2025 Identity Fraud Report.
The three most targeted documents in 2024 were all from Asia Pacific. They are the India Tax ID (27%), Pakistan National Identity Card (18%) and Bangladesh National Identity Card (15%). The India tax ID is the most targeted document in 2024 as there are a lot of templates available online for this document, making it an easy target for digital manipulation.
