Deel Acquires Clarity to Combat Workforce Impersonation Threats

• •Deel acquires Clarity to enhance identity verification against rising impersonation fraud.
• •North Korean hackers previously used impersonation tactics to infiltrate organizations.
• •Gartner forecasts that 25% of candidate profiles will be fraudulent by 2028.

Deel has acquired Clarity, an AI cybersecurity firm, to enhance identity verification and fraud prevention in hiring. This move comes in response to increasing incidents of workforce impersonation, highlighted by North Korean hackers infiltrating organizations through fake profiles. Gartner predicts that by 2028, one in four candidate profiles will be fraudulent. Clarity's technology, which includes deepfake detection, will be integrated into Deel's hiring and workforce management systems. This acquisition aims to streamline identity verification from sourcing to onboarding and daily access management, addressing security gaps in fragmented systems. Deel's existing AI systems have already automated numerous HR operations and handled over 250,000 cases monthly. The financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.