U.S. government takes down deepfake porn websites targeting famous women

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2026_06_12_d3ede84a
Date source: llm_extracted_from_article_text
Country: United States
Platform: Website
Incident type: Non Consensual Synthetic Image
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Non Consensual Imagery Reputational Harm

Topics

Deepfake

Summary

U.S. authorities seized two domains, cfake.com and socfake.com, for hosting thousands of non-consensual intimate images and AI-generated deepfakes depicting prominent women as nude or engaged in sexual activities. The seizure was carried out under the Take it Down Act following an alert from Italy’s Polizia di Stato and a federal judge’s warrant. French authorities conducted a parallel investigation, resulting in an arrest in Nice, France, and the seizure of cryptocurrency. The action was coordinated between the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and international law enforcement agencies.

Sources

U.S. government takes down deepfake porn websites targeting famous women

gazettengr.com · 2026-06-12 · Primary