Unmasking Cybercrime Strengthening Digital Identity Verification against Deepfakes 2026

AcknowledgementsLead author Natalia Umansky Project Specialist, Cybercrime Atlas, World Economic Forum World Economic Forum Seán Doyle Lead, Cybercrime Atlas, World Economic Forum Research leads Banco Santander Group-IB We extend our deepest thanks to the researchers, investigators, engineers and experts from the Cybercrime Atlas community who contributed to this report. For reasons of operational security, they cannot be named, but the findings shared here are based on insights developed during collaborative research by experts from the following organisations participating in the Cybercrime Atlas community: Lemon Mastercard Recorded Future SpyCloud Trend MicroProduction Louis Chaplin Editor, Studio Miko Laurence Denmark Creative Director, Studio Miko George Messer Designer, Studio Miko Cat Slaymaker Designer, Studio MikoContributors Unmasking Cybercrime 21