Related Question: apologies my background is not tech, does anyone have insight if "hacking" documents like this is easier or harder today as things move digital?

Ignoring paper passports for a moment, as records move to digital over physical paper, will adding or removing names become easier or harder?

Thinking of the guy who was able to fake a first class lounge airplane ticket: https://mic.com/articles/150812/this-guy-figured-out-how-to-...

TL;DR what is harder vs. easier: paper ID forgery or digital ID forgery?