Nude photos of “Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande and Kirsten Dunst, among others, leaked online Sunday morning in one of the biggest celebrity hacking scandals in recent memory.
The images, which first appeared on image-sharing site 4chan, show most of the celebrities nude or in provocative poses.
A spokesperson for Lawrence blasted the hackers for their “flagrant violation of privacy.”
“The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence,” her representative warned.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, another actress exposed in the leak, immediately took to Twitter to denounce the photos.
It’s unknown how the risqué photos made it to the web but celebrities have been a big target of phone hackers of late.
In 2012, a man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for posting nude images of Scarlett Johansson to the web.
Other victims of phone hackings in recent years include “Mad Men” star Christina Hendricks, Blake Lively and Olivia Munn.
Nude photographs of Jennifer Lawrence - as well as photographs that purportedly show multiple A-list celebrities - have leaked online.
According to Buzzfeed, the photos first appeared on a thread for Internet message board 4chan.
A list of the alleged victims has also appeared online, the news site noted. There are 101 names in total.
The hacker had claimed to be in possession of 60 photographs of Jennifer Lawrence, the news site noted.
Reps for Lawrence confirmed to MailOnline the photos of her are real.
'This is a flagrant violation of privacy. The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence,' the emailed statement read.
A spokesman for Ariana Grande told MailOnline photos that claim to show her are fake.
The Mirror reported that Twitter is shutting down accounts that are disseminating the pictures.
Some of those women named include Aubrey Plaza, Candice Swanepoel, Cara Delevingne, Cat Deeley, Hillary Duff, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Upton, Kelly Brook, Kim Kardashian, Lea Michele, Michelle Keegan, Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Vanessa Hudgens.
Some of those women named include Aubrey Plaza, Candice Swanepoel, Cara Delevingne, Cat Deeley, Hillary Duff, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Upton, Kelly Brook, Kim Kardashian, Lea Michele, Michelle Keegan, Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Vanessa Hudgens.
The hacker claims to have a 'full set' of photographs of US soccer star Hope Solo, as well as a double photograph showing Allison Brie and Dave Franco.
Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who was also listed as a victim, wrote on Twitter '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.'
She also expressed sympathy for others, tweeting 'Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked.'
Winstead implied she was facing difficulties on Twitter Sunday, when she tweeted 'Great day for the block button!'
Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice denied the nude photos that claim to show her are real.
She tweeted, 'These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now. *pun intended.*'
Seth Rogen criticized the hacker on Twitter, writing 'Posting pics hacked from a cell phone is really no different than selling stolen merchandise.'
'I obviously am not comparing women to merchandise. Just legally speaking, it shouldn't be tolerated to repost stolen pics,' Rogen also tweeted.
8月31日上午，24岁的奥斯卡影后詹妮弗·劳伦斯等诸多好莱坞一线女星因手机遭到黑客攻击，裸照外泄，可能酿成有史以来最大规模的“明星被黑丑闻”。
据悉，这批裸照首先是在一个名为“4chan”的图片分享网站的留言板上被曝光出来的，照片中的明星或是一丝不挂或是姿势挑逗。
对于这些黑客的行为，曾出演影片《饥饿游戏》的詹妮弗·劳伦斯的发言人表示严厉斥责，并称这是“对于个人隐私权的公然侵犯”。
“我们已经与有关机构联系，将会起诉任何发布这些詹妮弗被盗个人照片的人。”詹妮弗·劳伦斯的发言人声明。
据外媒报道，在这次事件中受害的明星多达101人。而且，这名涉案的黑客声称自己持有的詹妮弗·劳伦斯裸照就有60张之多。其中有些照片是在更衣室内拍摄的，而有些场景看上去更加私密，甚至还包括几张自拍的裸照。
消息曝出后，詹妮弗·劳伦斯的发言人向媒体证实，此次被泄露出来的劳伦斯裸照都是真实的。而另一名受害女星爱莉安娜·格兰德则声称那些涉及自己的裸照都是被人捏造的。
除此之外，此次大规模裸照曝光事件的受害者还包括奥布瑞·普拉扎、坎蒂丝·斯瓦内普尔、卡拉·迪瓦伊、凯特·迪利、希拉里·达芙、卡蕾·库奥科、凯莉·布鲁克、金·卡戴珊、丽娅·米雪儿、米歇尔·科甘、赛琳娜·戈麦兹、蕾哈娜和瓦妮莎·哈金斯等。
此外，黑客还声称自己拥有美国足球明星霍普·索罗的全套裸照以及艾莉森·布里和戴夫·弗兰科的双人裸照。
裸照也被曝光的女演员玛丽·伊丽莎白·温斯黛德在自己的推特网账户上发表言论谴责了这种黑客行为。“这些照片都是我和我丈夫几年前在家中拍摄的私照。希望那些‘偷窥’我照片的人自我感觉良好。”温斯黛德讽刺道。
同时，她还对同在此次裸照泄露事件中受害的其他女明星表示了同情：“这些照片早就被删除了，却还是被泄露了出来……我与每一位遭到攻击的人感同身受。”
影视明星维多利亚·贾斯蒂斯则否认了这些裸照的真实性。事发后，她在推特网上写道：“这些所谓属于我的裸照都是被人伪造的。”
美国著名电视主持人塞斯·罗根也对此事表示谴责，并在自己的推特网账户上写道：“这种发布从手机中窃取的裸照的行为与销赃恶行并无两样。当然，我并不是要把这些女性和物品进行比较。我只是想说，从法律角度上来看，转发盗用的照片同样是不能够容忍的。”
据英国《镜报》报道，推特网目前正在关闭传播这批裸照的账户。
明星艺人的手机一直都是黑客们频繁攻击的目标。早在2012年时，就曾有一名男子因在网络上发布斯嘉丽·约翰逊的裸照而被判处10年监禁。
近些年来，曾经遭受过手机黑客攻击的名人还包括出演电视剧《广告狂人》的明星克里斯提娜·汉卓克斯、《绯闻女孩》的女主角布莱克·莱弗利以及女演员奥利维亚·穆恩等。