Project description
Smart system to fight identity theft
The EU-funded EITHOS project will develop an observatory aiming to monitor and counter identity theft, based on two pillars: first, it will inform and educate citizens via innovative awareness campaigns, highlighting good protection practices, describing common identity theft methods, and explaining their dangers and potential impact; second, it will identify and address the challenges that police authorities face regarding identity theft and enhance their investigations. To that end, it will: develop innovative technical tools to detect deepfakes and social media bots, and extract identity theft fraud trends from the dark web; analyse the existing legal framework and propose the necessary amendments that will allow the use of such technical solutions; and study the socio-psychological impact on victims as well as the support structures that are in place.
Objective
EITHOS will develop a novel Identity Theft Observatory System, empowering European citizens, Law Enforcements Agencies (LEAs), and policy makers to further contribute to the prevention, detection, and investigation of identity theft related crime. It will provide a common gateway for identity theft information and intelligence in Europe, built on top of a modern technological back end, based on two pillars: (1) Inform & Educate European citizens through the observatory itself and via innovative awareness campaigns regarding the safety of their personal data and identity; (2) Identify & address the challenges that Police Authorities face against identity theft and develop a robust software toolset to support them and enhance their investigations. The proposed system will provide easy access to information and intelligence about previous and current identity theft related trends (such as the methods that fraudsters follow to steal information, personal data protection, or the ways that victims can be supported) through its front end, while offering a cutting-edge AI-based technological toolkit via its back end. Additionally, the project will analyse the societal impact of identity theft, as well as the legal framework under which the utilisation of AI remote technologies and e-evidence exchange can be achieved. Focusing on educating civil society and addressing the obstacles that hinder LEAs to efficiently fight identity theft, EITHOS differentiates from previous projects and other market solutions which often concentrate on digital identity management and secure transactions.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
Greece