{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0740","record_version":1,"title":"New York seizes 12 deepfake porn websites after 1,200 people targeted","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":54.4,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":15.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":3.0,"completeness":2.56,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":2,"reports_independent":0,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"90ef2833769902341b1a771910626f42df528002fdc6c9697eb72a1996484e87"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-09-14","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"victim","summary":"The Manhattan District Attorney's Office seized twelve websites that used artificial intelligence to create and sell sexually explicit deepfakes. The images and videos depicted 1,200 real people engaging in AI-generated sexual conduct. According to prosecutors, AI image and video tools altered existing photos and videos of real people so they appeared to take part in sexual acts. The resulting content was published, distributed or sold through the sites. The crackdown began after a survivor came forward and reported the alleged crime. The 12 domains were seized under a court order. The investigation into the websites and the people creating or distributing the material remains ongoing.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":1200,"severity":"major","severity_because":"Test: many third parties, a stated count of two or more affected parties. The sources state 1,200 real people depicted without consent.","harm_class":[],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://abc7ny.com/post/ai-safety-warnings-grow-new-york-officials-weigh-oversight/19829037/","publisher":"ABC7 New York","date":"2026-09-14","type":"press","title":"AI safety warnings grow as Manhattan DA seizes a dozen celebrity deepfake websites - ABC7 New York","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"},{"url":"https://www.wionews.com/world/ai-deepfake-crackdown-new-york-shuts-12-websites-after-1-200-people-targeted-1789456621642","publisher":"WION","date":"2026-09-15","type":"press","title":"AI deepfake crackdown: New York shuts 12 websites after 1,200 people targeted - WION","archived_url":null}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.detection_method":"C","impact.third_parties_affected_count":"C","event.incident_class":"D","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","context.country":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"event.detection_method":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Investigators shut down the sites after an unnamed female celebrity tipped them off."}],"impact.third_parties_affected_count":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The \"hyper-realistic\" images and videos depicted 1,200 real people engaging in AI-generated sexual conduct, in what the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, called \"horrific violations of privacy.\""}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The \"hyper-realistic\" images and videos depicted 1,200 real people engaging in AI-generated sexual conduct, in what the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, called \"horrific violations of privacy.\""}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The \"hyper-realistic\" images and videos depicted 1,200 real people engaging in AI-generated sexual conduct, in what the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, called \"horrific violations of privacy.\""}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The \"hyper-realistic\" images and videos depicted 1,200 real people engaging in AI-generated sexual conduct, in what the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, called \"horrific violations of privacy.\""}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The Manhattan District Attorney's Office seized a dozen websites that used AI to create and sell deepfake porn, most of it featuring celebrities."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The \"hyper-realistic\" images and videos depicted 1,200 real people engaging in AI-generated sexual conduct, in what the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, called \"horrific violations of privacy.\""},{"source_index":1,"quote":"According to prosecutors, AI image and video tools were used to alter existing photos and videos of real people, making them appear to be taking part in sexual acts."},{"source_index":1,"quote":"The resulting non-consensual intimate imagery was then published, distributed or sold through the websites."},{"source_index":1,"quote":"The crackdown began after a survivor came forward and reported the alleged crime, according to Bragg."},{"source_index":1,"quote":"The 12 domains were seized under a court order."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"The sources describe a law-enforcement seizure of websites, not an AI agent or model incident. No AI system, developer, model, harness, tools, autonomy level or lifecycle stage is named, so no system fields are given. No agent was stated to be involved, so agent_involved and failure fields are left out. The date the activity occurred and the date detected are not stated; only the publication date (2026-09-14, ABC7) and the Monday announcement are given. No controls held, failed or were got around in this incident, and no remediation by an implicated party is reported. Judgements: incident_class set to harmful_output as the closest closed-list fit for sexual deepfake content; country set to US from the New York authorities named in the sources; severity set to major because the sources state a count of 1,200 affected third parties; risk RK15 chosen for personal privacy harm. The 1,200 figure appears as 'around 1,200' in one source and 1,200 in another. The victim count of 1,200 is the depicted-person count stated by the sources. No value for industry, duration, or direct loss is stated. The sources say the investigation is ongoing and that the number of deepfake sites in circulation is unclear, with millions said to be online. 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