DeepfakeHigh
Deepfake ID Sales Allegedly Persist as OnlyFake Reportedly Relaunches with New Fraud Tools
- Occurred
- Mar 1, 2024
- Published
- Mar 2, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Researchers from Au10tix discovered the relaunch of OnlyFake, a site offering AI-generated fake IDs. Despite an earlier takedown, the site reemerged with disclaimers and new tools, including handwritten signature generation. These fakes are challenging biometric verification systems and are reportedly being used to perpetuate fraudulent activity.
Developers
- OnlyFake
Deployers
- OnlyFake
- Yurii Nazarenko
- Yuriy Nazarenko
- Uriel Septimberus
- Tor Ford
- John Wick (OnlyFake)
Harmed parties
- Individuals using biometrics
- Government agencies using biometrics
- Businesses using biometrics
- Biometric security
- Epistemic integrity
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated fake IDs challenge biometric systems and facilitate fraud, representing a significant deepfake misuse incident.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8