Denver, Jan. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — authID (Nasdaq: AUID), a leading provider of biometric identity verification and authentication solutions, today announced that a global retailer of personal care products with more than $6B in annual sales has selected authID and technology partner MajorKey, an identity security organization and certified Microsoft services provider, to secure employee and contractor identity verification and protect privileged access to corporate IT systems for users from multiple third-party contractors across several countries.
Addressing the Growing Risk of Hiring Fraud and AI-Generated Impostors
With the onslaught of AI-generated profiles, state-sponsored fakes, and fraudsters posing as candidates, organizations find themselves facing an expanding landscape of insider threats. Deepfakes, synthetic identities, state-sponsored fraudsters, and credential theft are increasingly used to spoof credentials and infiltrate corporate networks, particularly through privileged access roles.
It is estimated that US businesses lose up to $600 billion annually to resume fraud. At a granular level, a single fraudulent hire can cost a company in the tens of thousands, but there are larger occurrences as well. Less than three years ago, the US Department of Justice seized millions in crypto and NFTs taken by North Korean IT workers who had acquired jobs at US and European companies by using fake credentials.
For this global personal care retailer, the risk was amplified by a large population of offshore and third-party users, many with privileged access, combined with strict privacy requirements and global compliance obligations.
The Solution to Rampant and Sophisticated Candidate Fraud
With this worldwide surge in fraudulent candidates, smart companies are intensely focused on the integrity of the hiring and onboarding process. They can accomplish this by using three tools: accurate biometric identity verification, fast and precise biometric authentication, and solutions that integrate out of the box with legacy systems.
This retailer will deploy the combined authID and MajorKey solution for high-assurance identity verification to onboard employees, as well as off-shore contractors and third-party partners with elevated access rights. This new customer win underscores the continued momentum of authID’s workforce-verification business and validates the company’s ability to stop imposters, bad actors, and AI-generated deepfakes from gaining access to sensitive systems.
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