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Aug 30, 2018 · 26-year-old George Garofano was accused of hacking the Apple iCloud accounts of over 200 people, including celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and Kirsten Dunst, in a...
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"The Fappening" is a jocular portmanteau coined by combining the words "fap", an internet slang term for masturbation, and the title of the 2008 film The Happening. Though the term is a vulgarism originating either with the imageboards where the pictures were initially posted or Reddit, mainstream media outlets soon adopted the term themselves, suc...
The images were obtained via the online storage offered by Apple's iCloud platform for automatically backing up photos from iOS devices, such as iPhones. Apple later reported that the victims' iCloud account information was obtained using "a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions", such as phishing and brute-force atta...
The original release contained photos and videos of more than 100 individuals that were allegedly obtained from file storage on hacked iCloud accounts, including some the leakers claimed were A-list celebrities. Shortly after the photos were leaked, several affected celebrities issued statements either confirming or denying the photos' authenticity...
Actress Lena Dunham pleaded on Twitter for people not to view the photos, arguing that in doing so "you are violating these women over and over again. It's not okay." Actress Emma Watson condemned not only the leak but "the accompanying comments [on social media] that show such a lack of empathy." Actors Seth Rogen and Lucas Neff also spoke out aga...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was "aware of the allegations concerning computer intrusions and the unlawful release of material involving high profile individuals, and is addressing the matter". Similarly, Apple stated that it had been investigating whether a security breach of the iCloud service was responsible for the leaked photogr...
Romero, Angie (September 1, 2014). "Full list of celebrities affected by nude photo leak". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 810134503. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved June 26,...
Aug 31, 2014 · The pictures' release was originally thought to be due to an Apple iCloud leak that allowed celebrities' phones to be hacked, and were posted on 4chan in an attempt to earn bitcoins. The hacker on 4chan is also claiming to have explicit videos of Lawrence, and claims to have over 60 nude selfies of the Oscar-winning actress.
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Sep 1, 2014 · An anonymous user posted photos of celebrities like The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton to the site 4Chan. The hacker claimed that there could be posts of more...
Sep 2, 2014 · Over Labor Day weekend, alleged nude photographs of a number of female celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst, and Arianna Grande were posted online....
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Aug 30, 2018 · Tony Maglio. Updated August 30, 2018. Hacker of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton Nude Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison. George Garofano, one of the men who hacked into approximately 240 Apple...
Jun 10, 2015 · The affidavit explains that after explicit photos of celebrities — Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Kate Upton, and many other high profile targets — began appearing online in August, an investigator met with several victims.
