France arrests brothers suspected of running site with nude images of 17,000 women and girls
French police seized 700,000 euros in cryptoassets and shut down the site after investigators said it sold stolen intimate images of more than 17,000 victims.
- French police arrested two brothers, aged 21 and 25, on Tuesday in northern France for allegedly operating NudeLeaksTeens, a platform containing stolen intimate images of more than 17,000 women and girls.
- Operating by selling "packs" of stolen content, the platform sourced images through social media hacking, "grooming," and "revenge porn," while encouraging users to provide victim identifying information in exchange for cryptocurrency.
- Investigators seized $782,530 in cryptoassets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and USDT, while the site claimed to host 6,200 intimate images from hacked Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook accounts.
- Displaying FBI and French police cyber unit warnings, the three websites are now closed; Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau urged victims to contact the French police cybercrime unit.
- The investigation involved coordinated efforts between France and the United States, with Johanna Brousse, who led the French cybercrime probe, stating "L'impunité en ligne n'est pas une fatalité.
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A joint French-US operation has shut down three websites linked to the NudeLeaksTeens platform, which sold private sexual content stolen from more than 17,000 women around the world, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
The directors of NudeLeaksTeens are said to be two brothers arrested in the north of France. Justice has hit a blow in France and the United States against the trafficking of stolen intimate images.
The Paris public prosecutor, Laure Becco, reported that two brothers suspected of administering a platform to sell stolen intimate photographs of tens of thousands of people had been detained by French police officers on suspicion of trafficking in private images and handed over to RIA News. "There were over 17,000 women of various nationalities, including minors... Two brothers aged 21 and 25 living in the north of France were detained on 6 Oct…
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