Trace the Hack

In the shadowy corners of the digital frugality, a new strain of miscreant is arising — one that does not steal individualities but manufactures them from scrape. Drink to the period of synthetic identity fraud, where artificial intelligence has converted what was formerly a meticulous felonious enterprise into an robotic operation going billions annually.  The unnoticeable Crime Hiding in Plain Sight  Unlike traditional identity theft, synthetic identity fraud creates entirely new personas that live only on paper and in databases. These fabricated individualities are sutured together from fractions of real and fake information a licit Social Security number , a fictitious name, an AI- generated face image , and fabricated employment history .  Losses from synthetic identity fraud exceeded$ 35 billion in 2023 , and the problem is accelerating. What makes this trouble particularly insidious is that it frequently has no immediate victim — no real person reporting suspic...

By 2025, cyberwar had devolved into a sinister new genre—silent, smart, and well entrenched. As traditional cybersecurity tools become smarter and more powerful, cybercrime follows suit. Maybe the most dangerous threat today is the development of AI-driven supply chain attacks—silent incursions that sully the very systems we rely on to craft our software, manage our networks, and power our economies. What Are Supply Chain Attacks? Supply chain attacks attack the weakest link—not the company being targeted, but one of the third-party vendors, software dependencies, or service providers with which it is affiliated. That is, attackers don't break through the front door; they crawl through the back door dressed as a valid delivery.  From SolarWinds in 2020 to the Codecov and Kaseya incidents that followed, we’ve seen how devastating such attacks can be. In 2025, however, a more dangerous evolution is taking shape—supply chain attacks are being driven by Artificial Intelligence. ...