DOJ raided more than 40 Texas residences on September 21-25 and seized 187 laptops and other devices it says North Koreans used in an IT-worker scheme. The FBI says the workers now also hire freelancers in South Asia and West Africa, so US hosts are one intermediary among several.
Perspective Coverage
17 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 55%
- Investor
- Investor 20%
Reality
- Evidence80
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives55
- Confidence78
buildOne report1 publisher NIST's revised SP 800-63A defines six expected outcomes of identity proofing
The identity proofing volume of NIST's digital identity suite lists six outcomes an enrollment flow has to produce, and each one is written as a check that can pass while another fails.
Publishers:pages.nist.gov
Reality
- Evidence74
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+6
- Incentives25
- Confidence58
buildOne report1 publisher OpenID Foundation proposes machine-readable mDL metadata to replace state-by-state integration
Two papers published on November 7 set out what a verifier should be told about an mDL's provenance, assurance and status. Who publishes the issuer keys behind that signature check is the part still missing.
Reality
- Evidence30
- Adoption14
- Hype gap+42
- Incentives78
- Confidence33
Rapid7 counts 476 executive SSN records across three dark web markets
C-suite officers and presidents make up more than 73% of the 395 people in Rapid7's telemetry, and a Social Security number cannot be cancelled, so the fix has to happen wherever an SSN still counts as proof.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives80
- Confidence42
SIM-swap filings up 402% at Cifas: the recovery path is now the attack surface
Cifas logged a record 220,000-plus UK fraud cases in the first half of 2026. Identity fraud and account takeover dominate the mix, and telco-issued phone numbers are doing credential work.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption66
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives62
- Confidence57