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Aug 31, 2015 · Celebrity photo leak: iCloud hack case remains unsolved one year on. The cyber attack case that saw nude photos of celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton posted online is still to be solved by authorities, one year on. On August 31 last year, hundreds of explicit images of some of Hollywood's most famous stars were posted to ...
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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,...
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Upton, who is married to Houston Astros star Justin Verlander, has posed in nothing but "Body Paint" for the iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. The former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue ...
Photos showing an apparently nude Kim Kardashian West are among a group of images that have appeared online in what appears to be a second leak of hacked personal pictures of celebrities. Tech Sep 21
Few, if any, were bigger than Kate Upton during her prime. The iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover model posed multiple times for the legendary magazine issue. One of her photoshoots ...
Sep 1, 2014 · Jennifer Lawrence. The online hack that led to the posting of hundreds of explicit photos of some of Hollywood's most famous female stars could have been down to an attack on their passwords ...
Sep 2, 2014 · Brittany Umar. Sep 2, 2014 12:10 PM EDT. The FBI is investigating a hacking of Apple's iCloud after nude photos of stars including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton were leaked online...
