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Asunción, Paraguay: students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción report an anonymous website sharing intimate images of students, teachers and staff without consent, some altered or generated with AI; police cybercrime investigators and a prosecutor open an investigation, reported 21 to 24 September 2026

According to Hoy (21 September 2026) and El Nacional (22 September), students of the architecture faculty of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción reported an anonymous website that shared intimate images of students, teachers and staff without authorisation, including real photographs and material altered with AI. El Nacional reports that at least about twenty students complained, that some posts used photographs taken from social media, and that related content later appeared in Telegram and WhatsApp groups. The Minister of Women said her ministry had seen messages in which UNA students raised concern about content of them held without consent, and that in some cases AI-generated images of sexual content were shared (La Nación, 22 September). La Tribuna, reporting the findings of the police cybercrime department, describes the portal as used for the non-consensual distribution of intimate photographs and AI-altered content; according to a memorandum signed by the head of the department, a Paraguay section exposes full names, images and phone numbers of students (24 September). The university referred the case to prosecutors and police, and police suggested that prosecutors seek a court order to block the site in Paraguay. No person responsible has been publicly identified.

AI system
Unidentified image tool
Occurred
Sept 2026
Reported
21 September 2026
Event location
Paraguay
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or Abuse
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Education · Privacy
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 4 sources, 2 underlying accounts
5 claims: 5 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

AI system as recorded: Unidentified AI tools reported to have been used to alter or generate sexual images of students from photographs, some taken from social media (students' accounts, the Minister of Women and a police cybercrime report)

What Happened

The site. Hoy reports that students of the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Arte (FADA) of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) denounced an anonymous website that shares intimate images of students, teachers and staff without authorisation, and that the content includes real photographs and material altered with AI. El Nacional reports that at least about twenty students complained, that photographs taken from social media were used on the site to request or share intimate content about students, that some posts were altered with AI tools to make montages, and that related content later appeared in Telegram and WhatsApp groups. One affected student, as reported by El Nacional, said the posting began on a Friday and grew over the weekend.

Official accounts. The Minister of Women said her ministry had seen messages in which UNA students raised concern about websites and Telegram and WhatsApp groups holding content about them without consent, and that in some cases AI-generated images of sexual content were shared (La Nación). La Tribuna, reporting the findings of the police cybercrime department, describes the portal as used for the non-consensual distribution of intimate photographs and AI-altered content; according to a memorandum signed by the head of the department, a Paraguay section exposes full names, images and phone numbers of students, mainly of the architecture and engineering faculties. The memorandum says the site lets anyone upload files anonymously, has no reporting mechanism and earns money from advertising networks.

Response. FADA opened a confidential channel for complaints. The rectorate set up a working group and referred the case to the Public Ministry, the police cybercrime department and the Ministry of Women. The ministry asked the public not to download or share the images. The cybercrime chief said a prosecutor had been assigned and that an official request was going to Cloudflare, and police suggested a court order to block the portal in Paraguay.

Limits. The reports do not say how many of the images were made or altered with AI, which tools were used or who ran the site. Hoy reports claims that students and teachers of several faculties were linked to the sharing; no one has been publicly identified. The number of people depicted is not given beyond the students' count of complainants.

Reported harm

Students report that intimate images and AI-altered sexual images of them were shared without consent on an anonymous website and in Telegram and WhatsApp groups (Hoy; El Nacional); a police cybercrime report says the site also exposed students' full names and phone numbers (La Tribuna).

Outcome

Ongoing

The university's rectorate set up a working group with student representatives, offered legal assistance and support, and referred the case to the Public Ministry, the police cybercrime department and the Ministry of Women (Hoy; El Nacional). The Ministry of Women made a team with a lawyer, a psychologist and a social worker available (La Nación). The head of the police cybercrime department said an investigation had begun with a prosecutor assigned and that an official request was being sent to Cloudflare, and police suggested a court order to block the portal across Paraguay (La Tribuna). No person responsible has been publicly identified.

What remains unknown

  • How many people were depicted in AI-altered or AI-generated images and which tools were used.
  • Who ran the site and who uploaded the material.
  • Whether the site has been blocked or the content removed, and the result of the request to Cloudflare.
  • The calendar date on which the posting began; one student places it on the Friday before the reports of 21 and 22 September 2026.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. Students say some of the images were altered with AI tools to make montages (El Nacional; Hoy); the Minister of Women says AI-generated images of sexual content were shared in some cases (La Nación); La Tribuna, reporting the police cybercrime department's findings, describes AI-altered content on the portal. The images depict the students (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic finding on individual images is reported.

5 claims: 5 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported Students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción reported an anonymous website that shares intimate images of students, teachers and staff without authorisation, including real photographs and material altered with AI.

Causal attribution. The students' account as relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic finding is reported.

  • hoy.com.py(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    'Esta página difunde imágenes íntimas de alumnas, profesoras y funcionarias de la institución sin autorización'; 'El contenido publicado incluye fotografías reales y material adulterado mediante el uso de inteligencia artificial'
  • elnacional.com.py(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    'Algunas de las publicaciones incluso habrían sido alteradas mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial para generar montajes'
Reported The Minister of Women said that in some cases AI-generated images of sexual content were shared and that the students were being exposed through Telegram and other platforms.

Causal attribution. The minister's statement as reported by La Nación; the basis of the ministry's finding is messages it says it saw.

  • lanacion.com.py(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    'Añadió que dichos mensajes fueron compartidos y en algunos casos imágenes generadas por IA de contenido sexual'; 'estas alumnas estaban siendo expuestas a través de Telegram y otras plataformas'
Reported La Tribuna, reporting the findings of the police cybercrime department, describes the portal as used for the non-consensual distribution of intimate photographs and AI-altered content; according to a memorandum signed by the head of the department, a Paraguay section exposes full names, images and phone numbers of students.

Causal attribution. The description of the portal and the AI wording are La Tribuna's narration of the department's findings; the Paraguay section is attributed to the memorandum, which was not read.

  • latribuna.com.py(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    'una plataforma utilizada para la distribución no consentida de fotografías íntimas y contenido adulterado con inteligencia artificial'; 'se exponen nombres completos, imágenes y números telefónicos de estudiantes'
Reported At least about twenty students complained, one said the posting began on a Friday and grew over the weekend, and related content later appeared in Telegram and WhatsApp groups.

Causal attribution. Students' accounts as reported by El Nacional; the count is of complainants and is not a count of people depicted in AI-altered images.

  • elnacional.com.py(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    'Al menos una veintena de alumnas de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) denunció la difusión no autorizada de imágenes íntimas y fotografías manipuladas mediante inteligencia artificial'; 'la publicación de este material comenzó el viernes y que la circulación se incrementó durante el fin de semana'; 'posteriormente aparecieron contenidos relacionados en grupos de Telegram y WhatsApp'
Reported The university referred the case to the Public Ministry, the police cybercrime department and the Ministry of Women; the cybercrime chief said an investigation had begun with a prosecutor assigned, and police suggested a court order to block the portal in Paraguay.

Causal attribution. Institutional steps as reported; no outcome of the investigation is reported.

  • hoy.com.py(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    'la universidad remitió los antecedentes al Ministerio Público, al Departamento de Cibercrimen de la Policía Nacional y al Ministerio de la Mujer'
  • latribuna.com.py(opens in new tab) supports · Spanish
    'Ya se ha iniciado una investigación; a través del Ministerio Público tenemos un fiscal de la causa y hay personas que se acercaron a denunciar'; 'una orden judicial para bloquear el acceso al portal en todo el territorio paraguayo'

Sources

4 sources inspected, from 2 underlying accounts. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (El Nacional, published 22 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays affected students and university statements; same chain as the Hoy report. The page declares ISO-8859-1 and the saved copy was converted to UTF-8 before reading. It names one student representative, who is not named here. Applies to s1.

Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Hoy, published 21 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays affected students and the faculty and rectorate statements; same chain as the El Nacional report. The saved page also carries unrelated election items, which are not used. Applies to s2.

Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (La Nación, published 22 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Carries the Minister of Women speaking on a radio and television programme and a brief remark by the cybercrime chief. The minister bases her remarks on messages from UNA students and contact with student-centre representatives; same chain as the Hoy and El Nacional reports. Applies to s3.

Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (La Tribuna, published 24 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Reports a police cybercrime memorandum and remarks by the head of that department; the memorandum itself was not read. Applies to s4.

Event countries: Paraguay. Affected-person countries: Unknown. Court countries: Unknown.

The complaints come from students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción in Paraguay, and Paraguayan police and prosecutors are investigating (Hoy; La Tribuna). Police say the site uses domains outside the country (La Nación). The reports do not state where the people depicted live. No court step is reported.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-05: Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: university students report that intimate images and AI-altered sexual images of them were shared without consent, and police and prosecutors are investigating. Two chains were read: the students' accounts with university statements and the Minister of Women's remarks based on the students' messages, and a police cybercrime memorandum as reported by La Tribuna; all claims are kept at reported, and no one depicted is named.

People described

Students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, mainly of the architecture and engineering faculties, and by the students' account also teachers and staff (none named here)

People reported harmed in this case

Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

El Nacional reports that at least about twenty students complained about the sharing of intimate images and AI-manipulated photographs, and the Minister of Women says AI-generated sexual images were shared in some cases. No report gives the number of people whose images were altered or generated with AI. Unquantified; numeric fields are zero placeholders.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#ai-generated-sexual-images#non-consensual-intimate-images#university#anonymous-website#telegram#paraguay#asuncion#investigation#spanish-language

Cite this case

Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.

APA

NOPE. (2026). Asunción, Paraguay: students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción report an anonymous website sharing intimate images of students, teachers and staff without consent, some altered or generated with AI; police cybercrime investigators and a prosecutor open an investigation, reported 21 to 24 September 2026. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-asuncion-una-students-anonymous-site-intimate-and-ai-altered-images

BibTeX

@misc{2026_asuncion_una_students_anonymous_site_intimate_and_ai_altered_images,
  title = {Asunción, Paraguay: students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción report an anonymous website sharing intimate images of students, teachers and staff without consent, some altered or generated with AI; police cybercrime investigators and a prosecutor open an investigation, reported 21 to 24 September 2026},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-asuncion-una-students-anonymous-site-intimate-and-ai-altered-images}
}

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