// Hacker Noon · 17 May 2026

Fake Degrees Are a Billion-Dollar Industry. The Fix Isn't Better Background Checks

Fake degrees aren’t isolated scandals-they’re part of a massive, growing global market. Current verification systems are slow, reactive, and unreliable, allowing fraud to scale. The real fix is verifying credentials at issuance using cryptographic signatures and open standards like World Wide Web Co...

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