The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence is facing controversy again due to more leaks of her alleged nude photos, which were posted on the site 4chan last Saturday. Along with Lawrence, other celebrities also supposedly have photos in this round of leaks, including Kim Kardashian, Gabrielle Union and Vanessa Hudgens. The collection of photos reportedly hacked from celebrity iCloud accounts includes more than 60 photos of Lawrence in various states of undress. Some of the photos were confirmed by a representative as being of her, but other photos have not been confirmed to be of the Oscar-winning actress. Several photos are said to show Lawrence trying on clothes and wearing sexy lingerie, and most have been described as explicit. One GIF showed a woman resembling Lawrence performing a sexual act on a man. HollywoodLife.com reported that one of the photos showed Lawrence in her make-up as the character of Mystique in the X-Men film franchise, which has caused fans to question whether the star is in danger of being booted from the movie franchise. “Jennifer’s role in future X-Men films will not be affected at all over the photo leak. People close to the film are aware things like this happen and it shouldn’t do anything to her role because she never did it on purpose,” said an insider of the film series.
Hollywood was rocked only weeks ago when hackers leaked photos of A.List stars including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton. The photos spread across the web after first appearing on 4Chan. Reddit was also a big source for photos and a whole subreddit — /r/thefappening — was created.
There was a massive outcry from not just the stars themselves and from Hollywood, but also from people shocked at the blatant violation of privacy. The theft of these photos, the distribution of these photos, and even the viewing of these photos can be equated to a sexual crime.
And now it is happening all over again.
This time, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens, Hope Solo, Hayden Panettiere, Mary-Kate Olsen, Aubrey Plaza and many others have been victimized. Jennifer Lawrence, who already had to suffer through the first round of leaks, has again been hit by another collection of her personal and very intimate photos being passed around on the web.
Apple, who's iCloud service was the source of many of the leaks, is currently investigating and have implemented several new safeguards to protect user accounts from unauthorized access. While Apple's security technically wasn't breached, many still blame the Cupertino company for not adequately warning users that their accounts — and the data stored on them — were being pillaged.
The FBI is also investigating the theft and distribution of the photos. As a reminder: It could be a crime to post, share or download the photos and it certainly morally and ethically wrong.
Hollywood was rocked only weeks ago when hackers leaked photos of A.List stars including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton. The photos spread across the web after first appearing on 4Chan. Reddit was also a big source for photos and a whole subreddit — /r/thefappening — was created.
There was a massive outcry from not just the stars themselves and from Hollywood, but also from people shocked at the blatant violation of privacy. The theft of these photos, the distribution of these photos, and even the viewing of these photos can be equated to a sexual crime.
And now it is happening all over again.
This time, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens, Hope Solo, Hayden Panettiere, Mary-Kate Olsen, Aubrey Plaza and many others have been victimized. Jennifer Lawrence, who already had to suffer through the first round of leaks, has again been hit by another collection of her personal and very intimate photos being passed around on the web.
Apple, who's iCloud service was the source of many of the leaks, is currently investigating and have implemented several new safeguards to protect user accounts from unauthorized access. While Apple's security technically wasn't breached, many still blame the Cupertino company for not adequately warning users that their accounts — and the data stored on them — were being pillaged.
The FBI is also investigating the theft and distribution of the photos. As a reminder: It could be a crime to post, share or download the photos and it certainly morally and ethically wrong.
