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French police arrest two brothers over NudeLeaksTeens stolen-images site

French police, working with US authorities, arrested two brothers aged 21 and 25 suspected of running NudeLeaksTeens, a platform selling stolen intimate images of more than 17,000 women and girls. Related websites were shut down and about €700,000 in crypto assets seized.

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Image: The Straits Times
Image: CNA

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Mixed · 2French police arrested two brothers, aged 21 and 25, on Tuesday in northern France on suspicion of running an internet platform called NudeLeaksTeens, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Wednesday 7 October. Mixed · 2The platform showed and sold stolen naked images of more than 17,000 women and girls of all nationalities, including minors. Centre · 1The Paris prosecutor's office said the brothers were suspected of being the "main administrators" of the platform.

Mixed · 2It sold "packs" of intimate content from various origins, including the hacking of social media accounts, "grooming" and "revenge porn"; CNA names hacked Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat accounts. Mixed · 2Users were encouraged, in exchange for cryptocurrency, to provide identifying information about each victim; CNA reports victims were listed by real name and categorised by age, location and occupation. Mixed · 2Investigators seized about €700,000 ($782,530) in crypto assets, including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and USDT.

Mixed · 2The investigation was a joint operation with US police and judicial authorities, which shut down several websites linked to the platform. Centre · 1The US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said the site offered sexually explicit images and videos of children for sale, including an album advertised as containing "6,200 private nude files" of mostly American teenagers or adults, with child sexual abuse material. Right · 1Beccuau called on victims of the platform to contact the French police cybercrime unit.

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CNA leads on the joint French-US operation shutting the websites, adding the US Attorney's Office statement and details of the content sold.
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Child sexual abuse material, US involvement, platform mechanics and the naming of victims.
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Does not mention the prosecutor's appeal to victims to contact the French cybercrime unit, or the named types of crypto assets.
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“French and US authorities shut down websites selling stolen private images of more than 17,000 women and arrested two brothers in France.” — CNA

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The Straits Times runs a Reuters report that leads on the arrests and the Paris prosecutor's statement, in short bullet points.
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The arrests, seizure of €700,000 in crypto assets, and the call for victims to come forward.
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Omits the US Attorney's statement, the website shutdown and the specific social media platforms hacked.
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“The prosecutor called on victims of the platform to contact the French police cybercrime unit” — The Straits Times