The Fappening

On August 31, 2014, almost 200 private pictures of various celebrities, mostly females and with many containing nudity, were posted to the image board website 4chan. The anonymous person, or people, who acquired the photos (either initially or from other parties) initially solicited bitcoins in exchange for their release. Users of other large social media websites, including Reddit, Imgur and Tumblr, soon followed suit by re-posting the private images. An investigation by Apple found the photos were stolen from their iCloud service by guessing usernames, passwords and security questions.The event is also known as The Fappening.

Content and victims

The original release contained photos of more than 100 individuals, which the hackers claimed were mostly A-list celebrities.

Victims of the exploit, whose photo were leaked, are stated to include:

Kate Upton and her boyfriend Justin Verlander (from Verlander's phone); confirmed by Upton's lawyer.

Jennifer Lawrence; her publicist confirmed the authenticity.

Jenny McCarthy

Rihanna

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, confirmed on Twitter.

Kirsten Dunst, confirmed the leak and criticized Apple's iCloud service.

Ariana Grande,denied authenticity.

Victoria Justice, first denied authenticity, later wrote about privacy on Twitter, seeking legal action.

Teresa Palmer and ex-boyfriend Scott Speedman.

McKayla Maroney, first denied the images were authentic on Twitter, then later stated images were taken while underage.

Selena Gomez

Aubrey Plaza

Yvonne Strahovski, denied authenticity.

Melissa Benoist and her fiance Blake Jenner, acknowledged the leak on Twitter.

Becca Tobin, confirmed leak via Twitter.

Brie Larson

Lea Michelle

Kaley Cuoco


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