Europol Operation Cumberland Investigates at Least 273 Suspects in 19 Countries for AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Date: 2025-02-26
Affected: Csam Distributors, Deepfake Creators, Deepfake Csam Technology, Deepfake Csam Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers, Suspects Identified In Operation Cumberland
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #958: Europol Operation Cumberland Investigates at Least 273 Suspects in 19 Countries for AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material. Alleged deployer/developer: Csam Distributors, Deepfake Creators, Deepfake Csam Technology, Deepfake Csam Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers, Suspects Identified In Operation Cumberland. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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