In February of 2015, the FBI took control of Playpen , the largest child pornography site on the Dark Web. But instead of terminating her mode of space, preferred to keep it in operation for two weeks, in order to distribute malware στους επισκέπτες του με την ελπίδα ότι θα μπορέσει να εντοπίσει τους users of.
Recently, a report was filed in the court proceeding against the administrator of the website showing that the specific site during its supervision and management by the FBI significantly improved its performance, and in fact with positive comments by 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 the average number of weekly visits from 11.000 to about 50.000 per week. During those two weeks, site members increased by 30%, the number of unique weekly visitors to the site more than quadrupled, and about 200 videos, 9.000 images and 13.000 child pornography links were posted. "Government agents have worked hard to upgrade the site's ability to distribute large amounts of child pornography material quickly and efficiently so that users receive more child pornography material faster than ever before."
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.
