# 12 celebrity deepfake websites seized by Manhattan DA

DevFeed: [12 celebrity deepfake websites seized by Manhattan DA](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/12-celebrity-deepfake-websites-seized-by-manhattan-da-41304.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026/09/12-celebrity-deepfake-websites-seized-by-manhattan-da>)

Author: Danny Bradbury

Published: 2026-09-17T11:20:46Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/malwarebytes.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [department-of-homeland-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/department-of-homeland-security.md>), [department-of-justice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/department-of-justice.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office seized 12 websites that hosted AI-generated celebrity deepfakes, including non-consensual intimate imagery depicting more than 1,200 people. The article describes the harms of deepfake abuse and expanding legal action against its distribution.

## Source excerpt

The largest known celebrity deepfake seizure has taken 12 websites offline, disrupting access to videos depicting some 1,200 people.