State and federal police investigate porn sharing website that contains pictures of high school students

GRAPHIC images of schoolgirls and women across the country, including teenager Tiahna Prosser (pictured), have been posted on a porn-sharing website that authorities are powerless to close down.

Wyong High School has been mentioned in posts on the website forum.

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GRAPHIC images of hundreds of schoolgirls and women across the country have been posted on a porn-sharing website that authorities are powerless to close down.

The pornography ring has targeted girls at more than 30 state and private schools in NSW, with one user offering to trade up to 300 nude photos in return for a lewd shot of a named student he was tracking.

Detectives from the Sex Crimes Squad’s child exploitation internet unit said yesterday they were working with local and international authorities to shut down the foreign-based website but were so far unsuccessful.

They urged anyone who believed their photo had been posted to the site to contact police.

Tiahna Prosser was unaware she was hot property on an Australian online pornography sharing site.

Prosser said learning her images were on the site made her feel like she had been ‘sold’.

Thousands of explicit images have been posted or traded by Australian members of the pornography ring since it began last December, with many victims unaware their photos had been exposed to a global audience.

Queensland teenager Tiahna Prosser said she was horrified to learn site users were being offered bonus points to post nude photos of her.

“It was like I had been sold,” she said.

“It’s just horrible, especially when they want it of you specifically. That’s when it’s really disturbing.

“It’s violating.

“It’s not something I want to think about.”

Tiahna Prosser is one of hundreds of victims.

Site users have posted requests for people to share pornographic images of specific girls at schools or universities in exchange for other images.

In one comment on the site, a user says: “Who has nudes of this bitch? I hear she throws it around!”

Turramurra High School was named on the website forum.

And in another: “I’m posting pretty much all the hottest little teens I have. All high quality images from Maitland, Newcastle, Cessnock, Rutherford etc.”

A mum from Coffs Harbour on the state’s north coast said she was “disgusted” to be mentioned in a post asking for nude photos of her.

“I’m a single mother … that just makes me feel really unsafe,” she said.

I felt very vulnerable and very worried about how it would impact on her and very concerned about the level of violation that other girls on the site are also facing.

- Melbourne mother of 13-year-old girl

OTHER SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED ON THE WEBSITE

Plumpton High School.

Mullumbimby High School.

Mount Annan High School.

Elizabeth Macarthur High School.

Colo High School.

St Catherine's Catholic College, Singleton.

A 20-year-old woman said a nude selfie she sent to an ex-boyfriend when she was in Year 12 ended up on the site.

“I had no idea that it was on there but, now I have had a look, I feel violated,” she said.

“They are sent in an intimate setting and the fact they are now out there for anyone to see is not fair on me or any of the other girls.”

At least 70 schools and their students have been targeted nationwide by the website, which refers to nude images as “wins”.

Some desperate teens have posted on the site to plead for the sexual images and revenge porn from ex-boyfriends to be taken down.

“I was scared that there was a whole community dedicated to humiliating and violating girl’s privacy,”

- Queensland girl aged 15.

Education Minister Adrian Piccoli refused to comment yesterday.

A spokesman provided only a short statement: “When NSW public schools are made aware of any potential criminal activity online they immediately contact the police. As this matter is being investigated it is ­inappropriate to comment further.”

The NSW Education Department said schools would provide confidential support and counselling to any student affected.

The private Wenona School at North Sydney said it was aware of the website and was dealing with the issue but declined to comment further.

The KPMG social media group, which helps schools with online protection, said the reputation of the schools on the site had “taken a hit”.

“If monitoring programs were in place these activities would have been uncovered long ago,” chief analyst Anthony Mason said.

“This is stuff that can ruin a life.’’

Wenona has said it is aware of the problem and dealing with it / Picture: Justin Lloyd

FULL LIST OF NSW SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED ON THE SITE

Blaxland High School

Colo High School

Eastview High School

Elderslie High School

Elizabeth Macarthur High School

Francis Greenway High School

Grafton High School

Greenpoint Christian College

Holsworthy High School

Ingleburn High School

John Therry Catholic High School

Lake Munmorah High School

Leumeah High School

Lisarow High School

Magdelene Catholic High School

Maitland High School

Mount Annan High NSW

Mullumbimby High School

Plumpton High School

Rutherford Technology High School

South Grafton High School

St Catherine’s Catholic College, Singleton

St Lukes Grammar School

St Patricks College, Campbelltown

The Jannali High School

Thomas Hassall Anglican College

Turramurra High School

Wenona

Wyong High School

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