Digital Identity Friday Five: August 16, 2024

Covering the most interesting news for the week of August 10 to August 16

Today is Friday, August 16. Here are five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week

1/ Experian Acquires Behavioral Analytics Startup NeuroID, a part of Experian

"In today’s highly competitive and digital-first world, the use of behavioral analytics is now vital for innovating for the future of fighting fraud." said Robert Boxberger, President of Experian’s NA Identity & Fraud business

Behavioral biometrics startup BehavioSec was acquired by LexisNexis Risk Solutions in May 2022

Permira acquired majority position in BioCatch in May 2024

#behavioralbiometrics #biometrics

2/ Microsoft Entra: Face Check is now generally available

Ankur Patel, Head of Product for Entra Verified ID & External ID noted their privacy-respecting facial matching feature for high-assurance identity verifications is now generally available

#facematch #idv

3/ Anonybit Appoints of Veteran Banking Industry Executive Brian Russell to Advisory Board

Anonybit announced it has appointed Brian Russell, a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in digital identity, authentication and AI

He’s previous held executive roles at U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, and JPMorganChase in identity and authentication capacities

Congrats to Frances Zelazny and team!

4/ Constella Intelligence Unveils 2024 Identity Breach Report

Constella announced its 2024 Identity Breach Report: :Welcome to the GenAI Attack Revolution: How AI and Large, Complex Data Sets Are Amplifying the Risk of Identity Exploitation"

The report covers the challenges posed by AI-driven attacks and the explosive growth of exposed digital identities

#genai

5/ Los Angeles Times: Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American

According to a class-action lawsuit, the hacking group #USDoD claimed to have stolen personal records of 2.9 billion people from #NationalPublicData

NPD sells access to personal information to employers, private investigators, staffing agencies and others doing background checks

#pii #databreach #ssns

*** LINKS

NEUROID: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240813630475/en/Experian-Acquires-Behavioral-Analytics-Pioneer-NeuroID

MICROSOFT: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/face-check-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/4175880

ANONYBIT: https://www.anonybit.io/press-releases/anonybit-strengthens-its-advisory-board-with-appointment-of-veteran-banking-industry-executive-leader-and-identity-expert-brian-russell/

CONSTELLA: https://constella.ai/constella-intelligence-unveils-2024-identity-breach-report-welcome-to-the-genai-attack-revolution/

SSN BREACH: https://www.yahoo.com/news/hackers-may-stolen-social-security-100000278.html

CLASS ACTION: https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/HofmannvJericoPicturesIncDocketNo024cv61383SDFlaAug012024CourtDoc?doc_id=X6S27DVM6H69DSQO6MTRAQRIVBS