CYBER HELL-

THE NTH ROOM

 INTRODUCTION
In the original Nth Room case, at least 103
people, including 26 underage girls, were
blackmailed into performing gruesome sex
acts while their photos were shared and
sold to more than 60,000 users.
The documentary Cyber Hell: Exposing an
Internet Horror recounts the true events
surrounding the existence of Nth Room. Nth
Room was a South Korean sexual slavery
group that existed on Telegram between
2018 and 2020.
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THE STORY
Introduction to Kim Wan, a journalist, receiving a tip
01
about child pornography distribution on Telegram.

Kim's initial skepticism about pursuing the story but decides

02
to investigate and publish an article.

Kim becomes a target as his personal information is shared in

03 a Telegram chat room, leading to threats against him and his
family.

Kim leads The Hankyoreh's coverage of the Nth Room case, one of
04 the worst cases of sexual exploitation in South Korean history.

Overview of the Nth Room, consisting of eight Telegram chat

05
rooms, initially created by Godgod.
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THE STORY
Baksa's Doctor's Room, a notorious chat room, where victims were
06 lured with promises of modeling jobs and then extorted for graphic
content.

The national outrage sparked by the Nth Room case, leading

07
to demands for police action and disclosure of identities.

Cho Ju-bin, aka Baksa, is revealed as the mastermind behind

08 the Doctor's Room and is sentenced to 42 years in prison.

Moon Hyung-wook, aka Godgod, creator of the Nth rooms, is

09
apprehended and sentenced to 34 years in prison.

The widespread impact of the Telegram chat rooms, estimated

10 to have between 60,000 to over 100,000 users involved in
sharing sexually exploitative content.
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NATURE OF THE CRIMES

Distribution of
Sexual Child Violation of
exploitative
Exploitation Pornography Privacy
content

Psychological Manipulation Online

Blackmail
harm and coercion Trafficking
 what was the After math?
BY THE END OF 2020, 3,757 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND 245 WERE IMPRISONED IN
DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE NTH ROOM CASE, WITH THE AVERAGE AGE OF SUSPECTS
BEING ONLY 21. THE HANKYOREH ALSO SET UP AN ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL SEX CRIMES,
INCLUDING AN ORG CHART OF PRIMARY SUSPECTS LINKED TO THE CASE.
 CHINA HAD STARTED INVESTIGATING DOMESTIC WEBSITES
THAT FEATURED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY RELEASED A REPORT
ABOUT AUSTRALIANS PAYING TO WATCH LIVE STREAMS OF
CHILDREN BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED IN THE PHILIPPINES.
 IMPACT ON THE VICTIMS

EMOTIONAL TRAUMA SOCIAL STIGMA

LONG-TERM EFFECTS
 TYPES OF HARASSMENT CASES

THREATENING TO USE PHOTOGRAPHS MADE USING PHOTO SYNTHESIS

CAMERAS AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE (DEEPFAKES)

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

DIGITAL GROOMING COERCION

 BE MINDFUL OF ONLINE ACTIVITIES

HOW TO PROTECT STRENGTHEN ONLINE PRIVACY

SETTINGS

OURSELVES EDUCATE YOURSELF AND OTHERS

 PRACTICE SAFE ONLINE COMMUNICATION

HOW TO PROTECT REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

OURSELVES SEEK SUPPORT AND RESOURCES

 OVERVIEW OF HARRASSMENT CASES

OVER 500 REPORTED CASES OF HARASSMENT DOCUMENTED IN THE

AFTERMATH OF THE NTH ROOM DATA BREACH.
CASES EMERGED WITHIN WEEKS FOLLOWING THE EXPOSURE OF THE NTH ROOM
SCANDAL.
CONCLUSION