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🚨News Alert: Leader Of Violent Extremist Terror Network “Cultists” Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Po*******hy

HONOLULU – Kalana Limkin, 20, of Hilo, Hawaii, was sentenced to 10 years in prison (the statutory maximum) followed by 20 years of supervised release for possessing child po*******hy.

Limkin, the co-founder and ringleader of an online violent nihilistic extremist (“NVE”) group known as “Cultists,” pleaded guilty to possession of child po*******hy in February 2025. The charge was part of a broader course of depraved conduct in which Limkin and Cultists members engaged.

According to information presented to the Court at sentencing, Cultists became a well-known and highly recognizable brand within the larger NVE community in part due to the shock value of the content and activities within its servers and digital spaces. Cultists members collaborated to victimize children in a systematic attempt to trigger social collapse and topple the current world order. Limkin used Cultists to incite children to self-mutilate, broadcast sexual acts, and film their own su***des. By desensitizing them to gore and child sexual abuse material, Cultists groomed these minors for future violent behavior.

Limkin showed one minor victim an image of a 5-year-old girl getting r***d to desensitize her. He sent naked pictures of her to her friends and attempted to groom her by making her take n**e photos of her younger siblings. As Limkin explained to another of his minor victims, he “took advantage of the mentally unstable because they were easy to manipulate.” Limkin extorted a third victim with her own sexual abuse material to convince her to commit su***de. In the recorded video chat, Limkin proclaimed, “We want her to die. Yes, we do. That’s the whole point of this. I threatened to leak everything.”

🔗 https://www.justice.gov/usao-hi/pr/leader-violent-extremist-terror-network-cultists-sentenced-10-years-federal-prison

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Today, the FBI, CISA, NSA, DC3, and international partners released a joint cybersecurity advisory providing network defenders with tactics, techniques, and procedures to more fully understand mitigation actions to counter the threat. The FBI will continue to work with our partners to expose this activity and hold actors accountable.

Learn more:https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260713.pdf

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