Fraud vs Identity Theft

50% of security leaders rank threat detection and alerting among their top AI-for-security priorities, followed by fraud detection (43%) and phishing detection and response (42%).

31% of small and mid-market business owners say their company has been targeted by a generative-AI scam or fraud attempt within the past 12 months.

47% of enterprise identity-based attacks are discovered manually: 22% via coworker reports, 15% via internal audits, and 10% via external notifications

Prior to day one, HR leaders claim ownership of identity risk in 53% of cases while IT and security teams claim 17%

52% of independent insurance agents say they have observed an increase in claims related to generative-AI scams or fraud attempts.

Nearly 90% of HR leaders report heightened concern over hiring fraud

Half of the general population have experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.

Half of all IRS scams come by phone call.

MrBeast appears in roughly 30% of impersonation scams tracked by Malwarebytes.

TsarBot targeted 450 banking apps and accounted for 58% of its global activity.

CopyBara targeted 446 banking apps.

Hook targeted 385 banking apps.

70% of young adults ages 18 to 22 experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.

50% of the general population experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.

24% of young adults have been a victim of an extortion scam.

14% of young adults have been a victim of an impersonation scam.

10% of the general population have been a victim of an impersonation scam.

14% of reported cybercrime cases in Africa in 2025 involved identity theft and financial fraud.

64% of executives have Social Security numbers exposed in breach data.

54% of executives have their Social Security numbers listed for sale on dark web marketplaces.

38% of security and IT leaders identify compromised AI identity and session theft as security incidents tied to AI systems.

One in ten adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have had explicit AI images made of them without consent.

81% of parents in the surveyed countries fear their child's likeness will be stolen.

19% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have experienced AI-driven identity harm, rising to 30% among Gen Z.

Fraudulent employment accounted for 40% of misuse cases for children and dependents.

35% of identity crime victims report losses exceeding $10,000.

Nearly 68% of identity crime victims who have not contacted the ITRC have seriously considered self-harm.

11% of identity crime victims report losses greater than $1,000,000.

More than one in ten frauds (11%) involve a synthetic identity.

Synthetic fraud showed an eight-fold global increase year over year.