diff --git a/spindle/ingester.go b/spindle/ingester.go
index 7f5fcefc..a5e5a0ed 100644
--- a/spindle/ingester.go
+++ b/spindle/ingester.go
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ type Ingester func(ctx context.Context, e *models.Event) error
 
 func (s *Spindle) ingest() Ingester {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, e *models.Event) error {
+		if e.Kind == models.EventKindAccount {
+			return s.ingestAccount(ctx, e)
+		}
 		if e.Kind != models.EventKindCommit {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -287,3 +290,19 @@ func (s *Spindle) ingestMember(ctx context.Context, e *models.Event) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (s *Spindle) ingestAccount(ctx context.Context, e *models.Event) error {
+	if e.Account == nil || e.Account.Active {
+		return nil
+	}
+	status := "unknown"
+	if e.Account.Status != nil {
+		status = *e.Account.Status
+	}
+	did, err := syntax.ParseDID(e.Account.Did)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parsing account did: %w", err)
+	}
+	s.l.Warn("account went inactive, purging its repos", "did", did, "status", status)
+	return s.WipeOwner(ctx, did, "account "+status)
+}
diff --git a/spindle/wipe_test.go b/spindle/wipe_test.go
index 80eab1a1..70e23166 100644
--- a/spindle/wipe_test.go
+++ b/spindle/wipe_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	comatproto "github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/api/atproto"
 	"github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/atproto/syntax"
+	jmodels "github.com/bluesky-social/jetstream/pkg/models"
 	"tangled.org/core/api/tangled"
 	"tangled.org/core/jetstream"
 	"tangled.org/core/log"
@@ -298,4 +300,43 @@ func TestWipeOwnerWipesAllOwnedRepos(t *testing.T) {
 
 func ptr[T any](v T) *T { return &v }
 
+func TestIngestAccountTakedownWipes(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newWipeTestSpindle(t)
+	owner := syntax.DID("did:plc:owner1")
+
+	seedWipeRepo(t, s, "did:plc:repo1", owner)
+
+	status := "takendown"
+	err := s.ingest()(context.Background(), &jmodels.Event{
+		Kind:    jmodels.EventKindAccount,
+		Did:     owner.String(),
+		Account: &comatproto.SyncSubscribeRepos_Account{Did: owner.String(), Active: false, Status: &status},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ingest account event: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var n int
+	if err := s.db.QueryRow(`select count(*) from repos`).Scan(&n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected repos wiped after takedown, got %d", n)
+	}
 
+	seedWipeRepo(t, s, "did:plc:repo1", owner)
+	err = s.ingest()(context.Background(), &jmodels.Event{
+		Kind:    jmodels.EventKindAccount,
+		Did:     owner.String(),
+		Account: &comatproto.SyncSubscribeRepos_Account{Did: owner.String(), Active: true},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := s.db.QueryRow(`select count(*) from repos`).Scan(&n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected active account untouched, got %d", n)
+	}
+}