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SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities

AI-Enabled Impersonation and Identity Theft Targeting Individuals and Organisations

4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

AI tools are being exploited by third parties to steal identities and impersonate individuals or organisations for fraud and reputational harm. Boards face direct liability exposure and urgent obligations to strengthen identity verification and anti-fraud controls.

Domain

Security & Privacy

Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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