"Child safety experts and the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) warn that criminals are using AI to manipulate photos of children and then demand cash not to publish them. They are recommending educational institutions remove identifiable pictures of children from their websites and social media accounts or consider not using them at all."
"The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said an unnamed UK secondary school had recently been subjected to a blackmail attempt after criminals used the institution's website or social media accounts to take photos of schoolchildren and then, using AI tools, turned them into child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The blackmailers sent the images to the school and threatened to publish them online if they did not receive money."
"The IWF, which monitors CSAM online, used a digital tool to turn the blackmail images into a hash, or digital fingerprint, which was shared with leading tech platforms in order to prevent them from being uploaded. The watchdog said 150 of the images from the secondary school blackmail attempt could be classified as CSAM under UK law."
"Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, said the attempted blackmailing of schools was a deeply worrying emerging threat and laws on use of AI to create explicit images would be updated if necessary, having announced a ban on possessing AI models designed to generate CSAM. We will not hesitate to go further if necessary and make sure our laws stay up to date with the latest threats, she said."
Child safety experts and the UK National Crime Agency warn that criminals use AI to manipulate photos of children taken from school websites and social media. Blackmailers create sexually explicit images from identifiable pupil photos and then demand cash to prevent publication. Educational institutions are advised to remove identifiable pictures of children from online accounts or avoid using them. The Internet Watch Foundation reported a UK secondary school blackmail attempt in which criminals used school online photos, generated CSAM using AI tools, and threatened to publish unless money was paid. The IWF used a digital hashing tool to help prevent re-uploading and said many images could be classified as CSAM under UK law. The safeguarding minister said laws may be updated and a ban on possessing AI models designed to generate CSAM has been announced.
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