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Feb 7, 2018 · Nearly 40,000 private photos and videos belonging to actress Mikaela Hoover were hijacked off her iCloud storage account, according to police records obtained by TMZ on Wednesday. Of those...
Mar 16, 2016 · By Rich Edmonds. published 16 March 2016. Ryan Collins has pleaded guilty to unauthorized access to a computer in a trial where he has been charged with hacking (via Engadget) more than 50 iCloud and 70 Gmail accounts. Collins admitted to gaining access between November 2012 and September 2014 to search through accounts for explicit material.
Nov 21, 2017 · Jennifer Lawrence was a celebrity whose privacy was breached by a 2014 iCloud hack. Lawrence's nude photos, intended for private use, were leaked.
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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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Aug 22, 2017 · The latest release of celebs private photos seems to have come after an unidentified hacker or group of hackers has gained access to celebs' Apple iCloud accounts and stolen private iPhone photos and videos.
Sep 1, 2014 · Shutterstock. A slew of private photos belonging to celebrities were leaked on the internet yesterday, supposedly due to Apple's iCloud Photo Stream feature being exploited by hackers....
Sep 2, 2014 · The content apparently contains naked and semi-naked photos and videos of more than 100 A-list celebrities, among them Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, singer Rihanna, swimsuit model...
