Thousands of women across the UK have fallen victim to a disturbing website which allows users to share intimate images of them, it has been revealed today.

Explicit photos and videos of unsuspecting women have been leaked to the website, Mega.NZ, which has since removed the link to the material.

Users have categorised women by the town, cities and counties they live in then included subcategories with their names.

Mega.NZ is a reboot of file sharing site Megaupload, which was founded by German-Finnish internet mogul Kim Dotcom.

The multimillionaire internet mogul was arrested on copyright infringement charges in 2012 and last year lost an appeal in New Zealand against extradition to the United States to face the charges.

Mikala Monsoon, 23, from Glasgow, discovered her photos were on the site after being sent a link by an old school friend.

She told Metro someone uploaded intimate photos of her when she was 17 and they have resurfaced online over the last six years.

Ms Monsoon has since changed her name and moved away from her home in a bid to escape.

She told Metro: 'I've been so mortified, upset and anxious but now I am just angry.

'I've done my best to separate myself from it but last Wednesday I got a message from a girl I went to school with. She told me I was on this website.

'My pictures have been on Reddit and porn sites but this website was the biggest collection I've seen.'

Ms Monsoon reported the site to police in Glasgow last week, but it is still live with all the pictures freely available to download.

The offence of disclosing private sexual images without consent became illegal in 2015 in England and Wales, and carries a maximum sentence of two years.

Police Scotland confirmed the incident has been reported and 'enquiries will be carried out'.

Scotland and Northern Ireland introduced legislation outlawing revenge porn in 2016.

Revenge porn is currently categorised as a 'communications crime', meaning victims are not granted anonymity.

While no automatic reporting restrictions are in place, victims in revenge porn proceedings can apply to the courts for reporting restrictions to provide lifetime protection from being identified in the media.

Figures obtained from 19 police forces by the BBC under freedom of information laws show that since 2015, the number of cases investigated by police has more than doubled from 852 to 1,853 in 2018/19.

However, in the same time period, the number of charges has dropped by almost a quarter - from 207 to 158.

In the last year, more than a third of victims decided not to proceed with the case.

Campaigners believe this may be because they are not granted anonymity and face having personal details disclosed during any potential court proceedings.

They have also warned that simply threatening to share images should also be classified as a crime.

It comes after Alice Ruggles, 24, was murdered by her former boyfriend Trimaan Dhillon in 2016 after he broke into her flat in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

Dhillon had threatened to share images of Miss Ruggles online.

Her mother, Dr Sue Hills, believes her daughter may have sought help sooner had Dhillon not first threatened her with releasing the photographs.

Detective Superintendent Gordon McCreadie, said: 'Non Consensual sharing of intimate images is a new offence, introduced in July 2017.

'Investigation into these offences is complex and dependant in many cases on the way in which perpetrators obtain and share the images as well as the ability to recover sufficient evidence to charge.‎ It can also depend very much on the technologies used by both the perpetrator and the victim. Perpetrators often share, or threaten to share images as a way of trying to impose power and control over their victims in what can be an absolute betrayal of trust.

'There is under-reporting of NCSII, perhaps because people may feel embarrassed. What I would say to victims is don't be embarrassed - the police are not here to judge the way in which you conduct your personal life. Police Scotland remains committed to robustly investigating these matters. We encourage victims to come forward early which will better enable us to get evidence from any devices, or provide support to them, and advise how best to minimise impact.'

Not only UK. I saw some groups sharing mega links of Asians.
Some pirates are stupid.

Originally Posted by Immortal7

Not only UK. I saw some groups sharing mega links of Asians.
Some pirates are stupid.

So who's got the link of the one jimmy said?

Originally Posted by chinski

So who's got the link of the one jimmy said?

I searched for the link. All of them posting just news about it.