Woman says a classmate sent an AI-undressed image of her to his contacts; he says his account was hacked, and police refused a case pending an examination

The image. According to the woman's account in Kaktus.media, in July 2026 she learned that acquaintances had received a nude image with her face made with AI. She says that on 19 July the sender, a classmate, messaged her that an image with her face had been sent to his social-media contacts by accident about a week earlier, and claimed that an app had accessed his phone gallery, written a prompt, generated the image and sent it by itself. She says he later admitted in conversation that he had undressed her Instagram photo through AI himself, and that his girlfriend gave her a chat in which he said the same.

The accused's account. In a written statement to Kaktus.media the accused says that in May or June 2022, just after leaving school, he used a Telegram bot that offered AI photo processing, followed its example and was shocked by the result. He says the bot gave attackers access to his account, that the images were sent to several of his contacts from his account on the night of 11 to 12 July 2026 while he was asleep abroad, and that recipients included his father and his girlfriend. He says he apologised to her repeatedly and reported the hacking to the police. According to the woman, GUUR cybersecurity specialists had doubted his account of making the image in 2022, because bots did not yet have that function.

The harm. The woman says she suffered severe psychological stress, still feels strong anxiety months later, and that the image harmed her reputation and her honour and dignity.

The police check. She filed a complaint with a district internal-affairs department on 21 July with audio recordings and screenshots of his admission. She says investigators arranged a meeting with the accused and urged her to forgive him, which she regards as pressure. After she complained to the prosecutor's office the matter moved to another district department, where she underwent a forensic psychological examination on 18 August. Her lawyer says four motions filed on 5 August, including one for a technical examination of the phone and program, have gone unanswered. That department told Kaktus.media that it refused to open a criminal case because the review period expired before the examination results arrived, and that a new examination had been ordered. She says she fears the accused's family connections could affect the case.

According to her account in Kaktus.media, a woman was depicted in a nude AI-generated image that was sent to acquaintances, and she reports severe psychological stress and reputational harm.

According to the woman and to the accused's own statement, an AI photo-processing tool was used on her photograph to produce a nude image with her face; the image was then sent to acquaintances, which she says caused her severe stress and reputational harm. Who sent it is disputed.

The district police department told Kaktus.media that it refused to open a criminal case because the review period expired before expert results arrived, and that it had ordered a new examination. The accused says that on 9 September 2026 the prosecutor's office partly upheld his complaint against the refusal to examine his hacking report, on the need to correct deficiencies in the check.