Smile ID’s 2026 fraud report: 69% of biometric fraud in Africa is now AI-generated. One syndicate ran 160,000 verification attacks from 100 stolen faces. The CBN’s July 1 liveness mandate may be building the exact infrastructure these attackers have already learned to bypass.
Africa’s Biometric Fraud Crisis: 69% of Attacks Are Now AI-Generated — and the CBN Just Mandated the Attack Surface
