Implementing AI into business processes has been the central focus for many organisations over recent years.
AI’s ability to automate repetitive tasks, improve efficiency and accelerate decision-making has made AI particularly appealing within hiring. However, as organisations adopt AI into their processes, candidates are gaining access to the same technology.
This is forcing HR and Talent leaders to look deeper and ask themselves if AI is truly helping them or making it harder to know who they can trust.
AI-enabled candidate fraud is becoming an increasingly real hiring threat. From misreading experience and AI-generated applications to more sophisticated techniques such as prompt bypassing, current recruitment checks may no longer be fit for purpose.
HireRight’s Global Benchmark Report 2026 found that nearly one in five organisations is discovering fraudulent candidates once the threat has become tangible, highlighting how real this threat is.
Drawing on data from HireRight’s Global Benchmark Report and insights from our recent exclusive roundtable event in London (partnered with HireRight), we’ve delved deeper into this topic to investigate why candidate identity and trust are becoming critical issues for HR and Talent leaders.
The report explores key questions and findings, including:
- 55% of EMEA organisations experienced some form of identity fraud during 2025.
- 1 in 5 organisations only identified fraud once the threat had become tangible.
- How AI is changing the nature of candidate fraud.
- What HR and Talent leaders can do to build greater trust into their hiring processes.
Download the full report here.
