Most Deepfake Attacks Don't Target Celebrities — They Target the Identity Check You Just Ran
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How synthetic faces are bypassing modern identity verification protocols For developers building computer vision pipelines or implementing Know Your Customer (KYC) workflows, the latest data on deepfake growth is than just a security headline - it is a fundamental shift in the threat model for biometric APIs. With deepfake volume hitting 8M instances in 2025, the "attack surface" has moved from viral social media clips to the latent space of our facial comparison models.