This domain has been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to a seizure warrant issued in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §§ 1030, 1201, and 1962(c) by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has operated "Shinobu" as a sophisticated intelligence gathering operation targeting members and associates of Storm-2139, a global cybercriminal syndicate engaged in violations of federal law relating to AI systems abuse.
Throughout this operation, federal authorities have collected and preserved:
- Complete IP address logs and geographic location data
- All generative AI model requests and responses
- Network connection timestamps and metadata
This evidence has been securely transferred to Microsoft Corporation as part of cooperative proceedings against the Storm-2139 criminal enterprise (Case No. 1:24-cv-02323). Members of this criminal network have systematically exploited AI systems to generate prohibited content in violation of federal law.
If you have utilized this service, you are subject to ongoing investigation and may face criminal prosecution under:
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030)
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 1201)
- Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125)
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (18 U.S.C. § 1962(c))