Images of more than 100 mostly female actors, singers and celebrities, including what appear to be nude photos and videos, may have been exposed by a hacker with some being leaked online.
The images were posted online by a hacker who claims to have taken them from personal iCloud accounts.
The women who’ve reportedly been hacked include Jennifer Lawrence, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lea Michele, Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff, Selena Gomez, Rihanna, Vanessa Hudgens, Kate Upton, Kat Deeley, Kelly Brook and Kirsten Dunst among others.
Jennifer Lawrence's publicist says anyone posting leaked personal photos of her will be prosecuted. The hacker claims to have more than 60 pictures of the Oscar winning actress.
Some of the women have come forward to state the authenticity of the photographs.
A spokesman for Ariana Grande said the photos that claimed to show her are fake and 21-year-old Victoria Justice, an actress and singer-songwriter, claims that leaked photos of her are also fake.
These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now. *pun intended*
— Victoria Justice (@VictoriaJustice) August 31, 2014
But a representative for “Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence has reportedly confirmed that the images were stolen from the actress’ iCloud account and are real.
Actress and singer Mary E.Winstead also confirmed that the photos of her are real but were taken privately with her husband years ago.
To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves.
— Mary E. Winstead (@M_E_Winstead) August 31, 2014
Twitter is reportedly shutting down any accounts that are disseminating the pictures.
Reports say that the hacker claims to have more photos and videos, and has offered to release more in exchange for money.
