DIG AI darknet tool facilitates criminal and terrorist activities
Resecurity identified DIG AI, an uncensored AI tool on the Tor network, reportedly being used by criminals and terrorists to generate harmful content including child sexual abuse material. The tool gained popularity among cybercriminals in Q4 2025, with investigators gathering evidence of its misuse.
What happened
Resecurity identified DIG AI, an uncensored darknet AI assistant, on September 29, 2025. The tool is hosted on the Tor network and enables malicious actors to generate harmful content including instructions for explosive device manufacturing and illegal material.
During Q4 2025, Resecurity observed a notable increase in malicious actors utilizing DIG AI, with activity accelerating during the Winter Holidays. DIG AI enables bad actors to scale operations and bypass content protection policies.
Reported impact
Resecurity confirmed that DIG AI can facilitate the production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) by generating synthetic explicit images or videos of children or manipulating benign images of real minors. Investigators engaged with law enforcement authorities to collect and preserve evidence of actors producing CSAM using DIG AI.
With important events scheduled for 2026, including the Winter Olympics in Milan and the FIFA World Cup, criminal AI may pose new threats and security challenges.
Index analysis
DIG AI gained popularity among cybercriminal and organized crime circles. Because the tool is hosted on the Tor network, such tools are not easily discoverable and accessible to law enforcement, creating a significant underground market for illicit activities.
The EU, UK, and Australia have enacted laws specifically criminalizing AI-generated CSAM, regardless of whether real children are depicted. This issue presents a new challenge for legislators in combating the production and distribution of CSAM content.
Governance controls
There are significant initiatives such as AI for Good, established in 2017 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations agency for digital technologies, which promote the responsible use of new technologies.
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Sources and evidence
This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.