OnlyFake founder recounts building an AI fake-ID site and its later abuse
11/05/2026 — 11/05, 23:20·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- 404 Media profiles Yuriy Nazarenko, who founded OnlyFake, a site that let anyone generate realistic fake IDs with AI and was later approache…
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According to a November 5, 2026 report from 404 Media, Yuriy Nazarenko founded OnlyFake, a website that allowed anyone to use AI to generate realistic fake IDs. After the site went live, people from North Korea approached him. The report draws on Nazarenko's own account to recount how the website operated and how it was subsequently abused. No further developments beyond this have been disclosed.
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404 Media reports that Yuriy Nazarenko created OnlyFake, a site that let anyone churn out realistic fake IDs with AI, after which, he says, North Koreans came knocking. His account describes how the service operated and how it was subsequently abused.
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