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5 Ways Hiring Teams Can Defend Against Candidate Fraud

calendar_today July 8, 2026 person Ben Sesser domain brighthire

Fake candidates are no longer rare, and they’re no longer easy to spot. As new AI tools make it easier to do both, candidate fraud is becoming a growing business risk, with Gartner projecting that 1 in 4 candidate profiles will be fake by 2028. Today, candidate fraud primarily falls into two buckets: candidates who…

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