Deepfake porn engulfs Korean schools ('New Nth Room')
Date: 2024-08
Affected: South Korean students and military personnel
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

South Korean police identified hundreds of Telegram chat rooms with up to 220,000 members trading AI-generated sexual deepfakes of schoolgirls, teachers and military personnel, drawn from social-media photos. The scandal triggered emergency legislation.


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