Hi, I'm Ryan Levy.

Welcome to Cyber reasons's malicious life. Could thousands of people keep a secret? Common sense says no. Secrets spread and people talk.

Ed thousands of people and it's bound to get out sooner or later.

But for over a decade, from 2006 to 2017,

a website managed to stay under law enforcement's radar, despite the fact that its many

users were participating in illegal activities.

It wasn't an obscure site buried in a forgotten corner of the web either. It was very popular,

ranking among the top 6,000 websites in the world and attracting massive traffic.

The website's users managed to keep it a secret for such a long time because they shared one

thing in common.

They were creeps, feeding an insatiable appetite for some of the internet's most vile content.

Their shared obsession with secrecy and commitment to protecting each other formed a twisted bond that was difficult for

outsiders to break.

Until one user, driven by simple greed, brought it all crashing down.

On August 31, 2014, a new post appeared on Reddit's R slash celebs, a form dedicated to female celebrities.

Most posts on our celebs are photos of beautiful young models, singers and actresses, and this new post was no exception.

It was a picture of Jennifer Lawrence from The Hunger Game and X-Men Fame,

except that where most photos shared on our celebs are taken by professional photographers and show their subjects, wearing sexy swimsuits or glamorous evening dresses,

Lawrence's photo was clearly taken in a private

setting and showed her fully nude.

A few minutes later, another post, yet another naked celebrity, this time of a superstar model and actress

Kate Apton.

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