diff --git a/pkg/detectors/persona/persona.go b/pkg/detectors/persona/persona.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0d0881f4fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/persona/persona.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package persona
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	regexp "github.com/wasilibs/go-re2"
+
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/pb/detectorspb"
+)
+
+type Scanner struct {
+	client *http.Client
+}
+
+// Ensure the Scanner satisfies the interface at compile time.
+var _ detectors.Detector = (*Scanner)(nil)
+
+var (
+	defaultClient = common.SaneHttpClient()
+	keyPat        = regexp.MustCompile(`\b(persona_(?:sandbox|production)_[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12})\b`)
+)
+
+func (s Scanner) Keywords() []string {
+	return []string{"persona_sandbox_", "persona_production_"}
+}
+
+func (s Scanner) FromData(ctx context.Context, verify bool, data []byte) (results []detectors.Result, err error) {
+	dataStr := string(data)
+
+	keys := keyPat.FindAllStringSubmatch(dataStr, -1)
+
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		keyMatch := strings.TrimSpace(key[1])
+
+		s1 := detectors.Result{
+			DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_Persona,
+			Raw:          []byte(keyMatch),
+			ExtraData:    make(map[string]string),
+		}
+
+		if strings.Contains(keyMatch, "_sandbox_") {
+			s1.ExtraData["Type"] = "Sandbox Key"
+		} else {
+			s1.ExtraData["Type"] = "Production Key"
+		}
+
+		if verify {
+			client := s.client
+			if client == nil {
+				client = defaultClient
+			}
+
+			isVerified, extraData, err := verifyPersonaKey(ctx, client, keyMatch)
+			s1.Verified = isVerified
+			s1.SetVerificationError(err, keyMatch)
+
+			if isVerified {
+				for k, v := range extraData {
+					s1.ExtraData[k] = v
+				}
+				s1.AnalysisInfo = map[string]string{"key": keyMatch}
+			}
+		}
+
+		results = append(results, s1)
+	}
+
+	return results, nil
+}
+
+func verifyPersonaKey(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, key string) (bool, map[string]string, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, "https://withpersona.com/api/v1/api-keys/permissions", http.NoBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+key)
+	req.Header.Set("Persona-Version", "2023-01-05")
+
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, nil, err
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = res.Body.Close() }()
+
+	switch res.StatusCode {
+	case http.StatusOK:
+		extraData := make(map[string]string)
+
+		if orgID := res.Header.Get("Persona-Organization-Id"); orgID != "" {
+			extraData["Organization"] = orgID
+		}
+		if envID := res.Header.Get("Persona-Environment-Id"); envID != "" {
+			extraData["Environment"] = envID
+		}
+
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err == nil {
+			var resp apiKeyResponse
+			if json.Unmarshal(body, &resp) == nil {
+				if resp.Data.ID != "" {
+					extraData["ID"] = resp.Data.ID
+				}
+				if resp.Data.Attributes.Name != "" {
+					extraData["Name"] = resp.Data.Attributes.Name
+				}
+				if len(resp.Data.Attributes.Permissions) > 0 {
+					extraData["Permissions"] = strings.Join(resp.Data.Attributes.Permissions, ", ")
+				}
+				if resp.Data.Attributes.ExpiresAt != "" {
+					extraData["Expires_At"] = resp.Data.Attributes.ExpiresAt
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true, extraData, nil
+
+	case http.StatusUnauthorized, http.StatusForbidden:
+		return false, nil, nil
+
+	default:
+		return false, nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected HTTP response status %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
+type apiKeyResponse struct {
+	Data struct {
+		ID         string `json:"id"`
+		Attributes struct {
+			Name        string   `json:"name"`
+			Permissions []string `json:"permissions"`
+			ExpiresAt   string   `json:"expires_at"`
+		} `json:"attributes"`
+	} `json:"data"`
+}
+
+func (s Scanner) Type() detectorspb.DetectorType {
+	return detectorspb.DetectorType_Persona
+}
+
+func (s Scanner) Description() string {
+	return "Persona is an identity verification platform. API keys can be used to access their identity verification and management services."
+}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/persona/persona_test.go b/pkg/detectors/persona/persona_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..746c1c96dfc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/detectors/persona/persona_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+package persona
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/engine/ahocorasick"
+)
+
+func TestPersona_Pattern(t *testing.T) {
+	d := Scanner{}
+	ahoCorasickCore := ahocorasick.NewAhoCorasickCore([]detectors.Detector{d})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		want  []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "valid sandbox key",
+			input: `persona_api_key = "persona_sandbox_550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"`,
+			want:  []string{"persona_sandbox_550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "valid production key",
+			input: `PERSONA_KEY=persona_production_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789`,
+			want:  []string{"persona_production_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "both keys in same input",
+			input: `
+				sandbox: persona_sandbox_550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
+				production: persona_production_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789
+			`,
+			want: []string{
+				"persona_sandbox_550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
+				"persona_production_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "truncated UUID - invalid",
+			input: `key = persona_sandbox_550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716`,
+			want:  nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "uppercase hex - invalid",
+			input: `key = persona_sandbox_550E8400-E29B-41D4-A716-446655440000`,
+			want:  nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "wrong prefix - invalid",
+			input: `key = persona_staging_550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000`,
+			want:  nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			matchedDetectors := ahoCorasickCore.FindDetectorMatches([]byte(test.input))
+			if len(matchedDetectors) == 0 {
+				if len(test.want) > 0 {
+					t.Errorf("test %q failed: expected keywords %v to be found in the input", test.name, d.Keywords())
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
+			results, err := d.FromData(context.Background(), false, []byte(test.input))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			if len(results) != len(test.want) {
+				t.Errorf("mismatch in result count: expected %d, got %d", len(test.want), len(results))
+				return
+			}
+
+			actual := make(map[string]struct{}, len(results))
+			for _, r := range results {
+				if len(r.RawV2) > 0 {
+					actual[string(r.RawV2)] = struct{}{}
+				} else {
+					actual[string(r.Raw)] = struct{}{}
+				}
+			}
+
+			expected := make(map[string]struct{}, len(test.want))
+			for _, v := range test.want {
+				expected[v] = struct{}{}
+			}
+
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("%s diff: (-want +got)\n%s", test.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPersona_Verification(t *testing.T) {
+	responseBody := `{"data":{"type":"api-key","id":"api_TvSRN76WJ6KsTzZFd4DEUDDF","attributes":{"name":"My Test Key","permissions":["account.read","inquiry.read","inquiry.write"],"expires_at":"2026-12-31T00:00:00.000Z"}}}`
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		input         string
+		client        *http.Client
+		wantVerified  bool
+		wantExtraData map[string]string
+		wantErr       bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "verified with full response",
+			input: "persona_production_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
+			client: &http.Client{
+				Transport: common.FakeTransport{
+					CreateResponse: func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+						resp := &http.Response{
+							Request:    req,
+							StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
+							Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(responseBody)),
+							Header:     make(http.Header),
+						}
+						resp.Header.Set("Persona-Organization-Id", "org_abc123")
+						resp.Header.Set("Persona-Environment-Id", "env_xyz789")
+						return resp, nil
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantVerified: true,
+			wantExtraData: map[string]string{
+				"Type":         "Production Key",
+				"ID":           "api_TvSRN76WJ6KsTzZFd4DEUDDF",
+				"Organization": "org_abc123",
+				"Environment":  "env_xyz789",
+				"Name":         "My Test Key",
+				"Permissions":  "account.read, inquiry.read, inquiry.write",
+				"Expires_At":   "2026-12-31T00:00:00.000Z",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "verified sandbox key with minimal response",
+			input: "persona_sandbox_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
+			client: &http.Client{
+				Transport: common.FakeTransport{
+					CreateResponse: func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+						return &http.Response{
+							Request:    req,
+							StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
+							Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(`{"data":{"type":"api-key","id":"api_min123","attributes":{"permissions":["account.read"]}}}`)),
+							Header:     make(http.Header),
+						}, nil
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantVerified: true,
+			wantExtraData: map[string]string{
+				"Type":        "Sandbox Key",
+				"ID":          "api_min123",
+				"Permissions": "account.read",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "unverified - 401",
+			input:        "persona_production_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
+			client:       common.ConstantResponseHttpClient(http.StatusUnauthorized, `{"errors":[{"title":"Must be authenticated"}]}`),
+			wantVerified: false,
+			wantExtraData: map[string]string{
+				"Type": "Production Key",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "unverified - 403",
+			input:        "persona_production_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
+			client:       common.ConstantResponseHttpClient(http.StatusForbidden, ""),
+			wantVerified: false,
+			wantExtraData: map[string]string{
+				"Type": "Production Key",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "error - unexpected status",
+			input:        "persona_production_abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
+			client:       common.ConstantResponseHttpClient(http.StatusInternalServerError, ""),
+			wantVerified: false,
+			wantExtraData: map[string]string{
+				"Type": "Production Key",
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			d := Scanner{client: test.client}
+
+			results, err := d.FromData(context.Background(), true, []byte(test.input))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Len(t, results, 1)
+
+			r := results[0]
+			assert.Equal(t, test.wantVerified, r.Verified)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.wantExtraData, r.ExtraData)
+
+			if test.wantErr {
+				assert.Error(t, r.VerificationError())
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, r.VerificationError())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
index c3e76f3caed5..137894490213 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/peopledatalabs"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/pepipost"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/percy"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/persona"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/photoroom"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/phraseaccesstoken"
 	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/detectors/pinata"
@@ -1436,6 +1437,7 @@ func buildDetectorList() []detectors.Detector {
 		&peopledatalabs.Scanner{},
 		&pepipost.Scanner{},
 		&percy.Scanner{},
+		&persona.Scanner{},
 		&photoroom.Scanner{},
 		&phraseaccesstoken.Scanner{},
 		&pinata.Scanner{},
diff --git a/pkg/pb/detectorspb/detectors.pb.go b/pkg/pb/detectorspb/detectors.pb.go
index 9dc30b110d3b..0d97a0d4eba7 100644
--- a/pkg/pb/detectorspb/detectors.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/pb/detectorspb/detectors.pb.go
@@ -1150,6 +1150,7 @@ const (
 	DetectorType_GoogleGeminiAPIKey                      DetectorType = 1041
 	DetectorType_ArtifactoryReferenceToken               DetectorType = 1042
 	DetectorType_DatadogApikey                           DetectorType = 1043
+	DetectorType_Persona                                 DetectorType = 1044
 )
 
 // Enum value maps for DetectorType.
@@ -2195,6 +2196,7 @@ var (
 		1041: "GoogleGeminiAPIKey",
 		1042: "ArtifactoryReferenceToken",
 		1043: "DatadogApikey",
+		1044: "Persona",
 	}
 	DetectorType_value = map[string]int32{
 		"Alibaba":                               0,
@@ -3237,6 +3239,7 @@ var (
 		"GoogleGeminiAPIKey":                1041,
 		"ArtifactoryReferenceToken":         1042,
 		"DatadogApikey":                     1043,
+		"Persona":                           1044,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -3690,7 +3693,7 @@ var file_detectors_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
 	0x4c, 0x41, 0x49, 0x4e, 0x10, 0x01, 0x12, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x06, 0x42, 0x41, 0x53, 0x45, 0x36, 0x34,
 	0x10, 0x02, 0x12, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x05, 0x55, 0x54, 0x46, 0x31, 0x36, 0x10, 0x03, 0x12, 0x13, 0x0a,
 	0x0f, 0x45, 0x53, 0x43, 0x41, 0x50, 0x45, 0x44, 0x5f, 0x55, 0x4e, 0x49, 0x43, 0x4f, 0x44, 0x45,
-	0x10, 0x04, 0x2a, 0xa4, 0x87, 0x01, 0x0a, 0x0c, 0x44, 0x65, 0x74, 0x65, 0x63, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x72,
+	0x10, 0x04, 0x2a, 0xb2, 0x87, 0x01, 0x0a, 0x0c, 0x44, 0x65, 0x74, 0x65, 0x63, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x72,
 	0x54, 0x79, 0x70, 0x65, 0x12, 0x0b, 0x0a, 0x07, 0x41, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x62, 0x61, 0x62, 0x61, 0x10,
 	0x00, 0x12, 0x08, 0x0a, 0x04, 0x41, 0x4d, 0x51, 0x50, 0x10, 0x01, 0x12, 0x07, 0x0a, 0x03, 0x41,
 	0x57, 0x53, 0x10, 0x02, 0x12, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x05, 0x41, 0x7a, 0x75, 0x72, 0x65, 0x10, 0x03, 0x12,
@@ -4772,12 +4775,12 @@ var file_detectors_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
 	0x4b, 0x65, 0x79, 0x10, 0x91, 0x08, 0x12, 0x1e, 0x0a, 0x19, 0x41, 0x72, 0x74, 0x69, 0x66, 0x61,
 	0x63, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x79, 0x52, 0x65, 0x66, 0x65, 0x72, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x65, 0x54, 0x6f,
 	0x6b, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x10, 0x92, 0x08, 0x12, 0x12, 0x0a, 0x0d, 0x44, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0x64, 0x6f,
-	0x67, 0x41, 0x70, 0x69, 0x6b, 0x65, 0x79, 0x10, 0x93, 0x08, 0x42, 0x3d, 0x5a, 0x3b, 0x67, 0x69,
-	0x74, 0x68, 0x75, 0x62, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x2f, 0x74, 0x72, 0x75, 0x66, 0x66, 0x6c, 0x65,
-	0x73, 0x65, 0x63, 0x75, 0x72, 0x69, 0x74, 0x79, 0x2f, 0x74, 0x72, 0x75, 0x66, 0x66, 0x6c, 0x65,
-	0x68, 0x6f, 0x67, 0x2f, 0x76, 0x33, 0x2f, 0x70, 0x6b, 0x67, 0x2f, 0x70, 0x62, 0x2f, 0x64, 0x65,
-	0x74, 0x65, 0x63, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x73, 0x70, 0x62, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f,
-	0x33,
+	0x67, 0x41, 0x70, 0x69, 0x6b, 0x65, 0x79, 0x10, 0x93, 0x08, 0x12, 0x0c, 0x0a, 0x07, 0x50, 0x65,
+	0x72, 0x73, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x61, 0x10, 0x94, 0x08, 0x42, 0x3d, 0x5a, 0x3b, 0x67, 0x69, 0x74, 0x68,
+	0x75, 0x62, 0x2e, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x2f, 0x74, 0x72, 0x75, 0x66, 0x66, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x73, 0x65,
+	0x63, 0x75, 0x72, 0x69, 0x74, 0x79, 0x2f, 0x74, 0x72, 0x75, 0x66, 0x66, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x68, 0x6f,
+	0x67, 0x2f, 0x76, 0x33, 0x2f, 0x70, 0x6b, 0x67, 0x2f, 0x70, 0x62, 0x2f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x74, 0x65,
+	0x63, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x73, 0x70, 0x62, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x33,
 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/proto/detectors.proto b/proto/detectors.proto
index bb7bbe69dcff..81733a38179a 100644
--- a/proto/detectors.proto
+++ b/proto/detectors.proto
@@ -1053,6 +1053,7 @@ enum DetectorType {
   GoogleGeminiAPIKey = 1041;
   ArtifactoryReferenceToken = 1042;
   DatadogApikey = 1043;
+  Persona = 1044;
 }
 
 message Result {