{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0774","record_version":1,"title":"Police officer arrested in Seoul over AI-generated sexual deepfakes","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":50.2,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":15.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":2.88,"unhedged_language":3.75},"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":"confirmed","reason":"2 independent outlets","original_document":null,"reports_total":2,"reports_independent":2,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":true,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"confirmed","reason":"2 independent outlets"}]},"sources_hash":"2e671fb147f129c7d378ff725e369008a2acab5bc9522366bdb67a93410f600f"},"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":"2026-10-04","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"third_party","summary":"A serving Seoul police officer was arrested on Sept. 16 on charges including creating and distributing sexually explicit deepfakes. Police allege he used AI applications to make such images of people he knew and shared them on Telegram. The case came to light through an undercover investigation by Busan police into a Telegram chat room where such images were circulating. Investigators found about 5,600 images and videos in his possession, including roughly 2,600 deepfakes. Police allege more than 400 deepfakes were created between March 2022 and July 2026, and that the conduct began about two years before he joined the police in April 2024. The officer was relieved of duties, and reportedly confessed after the investigation intensified.","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,"primary_risk":"RK15"},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"moderate","severity_because":"Tier moderate: the test is a bounded scope stated, here more than 400 deepfakes depicting acquaintances of the officer, with data of others touched.","harm_class":["privacy"],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261004/police-officer-arrested-over-ai-generated-sexual-deepfakes","publisher":"The Korea Times","date":"2026-10-04","type":"press","title":"Police officer arrested over AI-generated sexual deepfakes - The Korea Times","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report","independence":"independent"},{"url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-police-officer-detained-over-ai-sexual-deepfakes-thousands-of-illegal-files","publisher":"The Straits Times","date":"2026-10-04","type":"press","title":"Seoul police officer detained over AI sexual deepfakes, thousands of illegal files - The Straits Times","archived_url":null,"independence":"independent"}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.incident_class":"C","event.detection_method":"C","impact.harm_class":"C","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.primary_risk":"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.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A police officer has been arrested last month for allegedly generating sexually exploitative deepfakes of people he knew with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and sharing them on Telegram, police said Sunday."}],"event.detection_method":[{"source_index":1,"quote":"The case came to light through an undercover investigation by the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency into a Telegram chat room where sexually explicit fabricated images were being circulated."}],"impact.harm_class":[{"source_index":1,"quote":"The officer is also suspected of producing more than 400 AI-generated images or videos depicting acquaintances as nude between March 2022 and July 2026."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":1,"quote":"The officer is also suspected of producing more than 400 AI-generated images or videos depicting acquaintances as nude between March 2022 and July 2026."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":1,"quote":"The officer is also suspected of producing more than 400 AI-generated images or videos depicting acquaintances as nude between March 2022 and July 2026."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"According to police, the officer, assigned to Dongdaemun Police Station in Seoul, was arrested Sept. 16 on charges including possessing sexual abuse material and sexually explicit deepfakes, as well as creating and distributing such content."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Police allege that between March 2022 and July this year, the officer used AI applications to create more than 400 sexually explicit deepfakes depicting people he knew."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The case came to light during an investigation by the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency into a Telegram chat room where sexually explicit deepfakes were allegedly being shared."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Investigators found some 5,600 images and videos in his possession, including about 2,600 deepfakes, 1,600 pieces of child and adolescent sexual abuse material and 1,300 illegally filmed videos."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The officer joined the police force in April 2024, about two years after his alleged offenses began, and is accused of continuing them for more than two years while serving as a police officer."},{"source_index":1,"quote":"Dongdaemun Police Station said the officer was placed on standby duty immediately after it was notified that the Busan police had opened an investigation and has since been relieved of duties."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The officer reportedly confessed to the allegations after the police investigation intensified."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"No autonomous AI agent is described; the officer allegedly used unnamed AI applications, so agent_involved, failure_class, trigger, root_cause, controls and remediations are omitted. Model name, developer, version and deployment details are not stated. Occurrence and detection dates are imprecise: the August search year is not stated and the offences began about two years before April 2024. date_disclosed uses the Korea Times publication date, which matches its police said Sunday wording. Severity is set to moderate because a bounded scope (more than 400 deepfakes of acquaintances) is stated; no count of affected third parties is given, so major is not met. The sources report allegations, not proven facts. Source 1 says detained while Source 0 says arrested. Standby timing is not dated and is placed approximately in the timeline. No AI-system control or provider remediation is reported. 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