FBI and French Police Shut Down Websites Selling Stolen and AI-Generated Child Abuse Material

The FBI and French authorities have shut down two websites, NudeLeaksTeens and NLTVIDS, that were used to distribute child sexual exploitation material, including AI-generated deepfake media. According to the Department of Justice, the cybercrime division of the Paris Prosecutor's Office arrested an unnamed 25-year-old French resident suspected of being the primary administrator. Court documents show law enforcement first became aware of the sites in 2024. FBI officials also executed a search warrant on VeriSign, the U.S. domain registry that controls the seized domains, taking servers, computers and other material.

The sites advertised hacked, leaked and stolen content, and sold it individually or in bundles organised by victim. At least one site had its own form of currency, and one collection covering 315 girls sold for $64.90. Some material came from victims' accounts on Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, either recorded directly or stolen. Several victims told law enforcement their accounts had been hacked. The sites also carried content that breaches the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a U.S. law that makes it a crime to create or share nonconsensual intimate deepfake media of real people.

The case shows how account compromise can feed serious harm to individuals. Some collections were compiled by people now serving prison sentences, including one sentenced to 30 years in April 2026.