The FBI and French law enforcement have seized two websites that were selling hacked and stolen sexually explicit images and videos of young women and girls. The action, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice, also led to the arrest of the suspected administrator in northern France.
The seized sites had amassed material depicting 17,000 women and girls, according to the seizure notice. The content was obtained through hacking and theft, then offered for sale without the victims' consent.
This operation highlights ongoing cross-border efforts to disrupt the trade in non-consensual intimate imagery. The case is part of a broader law enforcement push against platforms that profit from such material, though the source provides no further details on the investigation or potential additional arrests.