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Takedown Index

The Internet Takedown Index documents law enforcement seizures, sinkholes, takeovers, and shutdowns of criminal internet infrastructure. Every entry traces to a cited source.

104 takedowns indexed Across 37 jurisdictions
Last reviewed August 20, 2026
Takedown Date Category Lead organization Jurisdiction Status Derived from the recorded end date. A date in the past reads Completed, no date reads Ongoing. The dataset carries no separate status column.
CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com seizure ID: td_2026_cfake_socfake Jun 12, 2026 Child sexual abuse material HSI Not established Completed
Operation Stream / Kidflix ID: td_2025_kidflix Apr 2, 2025 Child sexual abuse material BKA Not established Completed
Boystown CSAM platform takedown ID: td_2021_boystown May 3, 2021 Child sexual abuse material BKA Not established Completed
Welcome to Video seizure ID: td_2019_welcome_to_video Mar 5, 2018 Child sexual abuse material IRS-CI and HSI International Completed
Operation Pacifier / Playpen ID: td_2015_playpen Feb 20, 2015 Child sexual abuse material FBI Not established Completed
Operation Babylon ID: td_2015_operation_babylon Jan 1, 2015 Child sexual abuse material Polizia Postale Not established Completed

Showing 1 to 6 of 6 takedowns

6 results

June 2026

CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com seizure

CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com Child sexual abuse material

Lead
HSI
Result
Domains seized.
Accountability
No individual outcomes recorded
Return status
Not established in the public record

April 2025

Operation Stream / Kidflix

Kidflix Child sexual abuse material

Lead
BKA
Result
Server infrastructure and extensive evidentiary material seized.
Accountability
No individual outcomes recorded
Return status
Not established in the public record

May 2021

Boystown CSAM platform takedown

Boystown and associated Tor chat services Child sexual abuse material

Lead
BKA
Result
Dark-web platform and associated chat infrastructure taken offline.
Accountability
4 apprehended
Return status
Not established in the public record

March 2018

Welcome to Video seizure

Welcome to Video Child sexual abuse material

Lead
IRS-CI and HSI
Result
Server seized in South Korea and site taken offline; approximately eight terabytes of material and roughly 250,000 videos secured; Bitcoin transaction analysis used to identify users.
Accountability
1 charged, 1 apprehended, and 1 convicted
Return status
Later activity recorded, link to the original not established

February 2015

Operation Pacifier / Playpen

Playpen Child sexual abuse material

Lead
FBI
Result
Server seized and covertly operated by the FBI for approximately two weeks under a search warrant before permanent shutdown.
Accountability
1 convicted
Return status
Not established in the public record

January 2015

Operation Babylon

Unnamed Tor CSAM/illicit-market hidden service Child sexual abuse material

Lead
Polizia Postale
Result
Tor hidden service shut down; approximately 14,000 associated bitcoin wallets seized in connection with the administrator's residence search.
Accountability
No individual outcomes recorded
Return status
Not established in the public record

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