Global Digital Estate Standards to Mitigate Posthumous AI Fraud (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• Fragmented legal frameworks create opportunities for posthumous identity theft.
• Deepfake technology facilitates the exploitation of inactive social and financial accounts.
• Call for a synchronized international standard for digital inheritance.

"The OpenID Foundation has issued a warning regarding the fragmented policies surrounding digital accounts of the deceased. These security gaps are increasingly exploited by fraudsters using AI-generated deepfakes for identity theft and financial crime, necessitating a unified global protocol."