In February of 2015, the FBI took control of Playpen , the largest child pornography site on the Dark Web. But instead of shutting down the site, he chose to keep it up for two weeks in order to distribute malware to his visitors in the hope that he would be able to identify users of.
Recently in court held against its manager by clicking hereA report was submitted showing that the specific site during its supervision and management by the FBI significantly improved its performance, and even with positive comments from its users.
Defending the man accused of being his original manager Playpen, said that these improvements have made the website even more popular.
"The FBI has been distributing child pornography to viewers and downloaders around the world for almost two weeks, until at least March 4, 2015. It has also worked to improve the site's performance beyond its original capabilities," said Peter Adolf. , lawyer of the accused in the West Carolina District.
“As a result, the number of visitors to Playpen, under government control, has increased from an average of 11.000 weekly visits to around 50.000 per week. During those two weeks, the site's membership increased by 30%, the number of unique weekly visitors to the site more than quadrupled, and approximately 200 videos were posted, 9.000 pictures and 13.000 links to child pornography. Government agents have been working hard to upgrade the site's ability to distribute large amounts of child pornography quickly and efficiently so that users get more material child pornography and faster than ever ”.
Another document filed by the defense in court estimates that a "conservative estimate" of the number of illegal images distributed by the FBI amounts to 1.000.000.
