In August 2018, one of the hackers responsible for The Fappening, George Garofano, was sentenced to eight months in prison for his part in the phishing scheme. In August 2017, the celebrity hacking scandal dubbed as "The Fappening 3.0" leaked nude photos of Kristen Stewart, Miley Cyrus, Tiger Woods, Stella Maxwell, Lindsey Vonn, and Katharine McPhee. In March 2017, another wave of celebs became victims of phone hacks when naked pics and private pictures of actresses Emma Watson, Amanda Seyfried, Kate Hudson, Rosario Dawson, Paige, Katie Cassidy, Analeigh Tipton, and more were leaked online. The star took to Twitter to voice her frustrations, sarcastically saying "Thank you iCloud" and then using emojis to imply that the service is a piece of sh*t. Lawrence, Rihanna, and other hacking victims joined forces to sue Google for $100 million for capitalizing on their leaked photos. In 2014, Kirsten Dunst was also a victim of a massive iCloud hack. In 2014, nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence were released in conjunction with the massive hack known as The Fappening.
In 2011, Mila Kunis's phone was hacked, and topless photos of Justin Timberlake lying in bed were released, prompting rumors that the two stars hooked up. In 2010, Jessica Alba's cellphone was hacked and nude photos of the actress, which were taken while she was pregnant, surfaced on the Internet. Who is the most famous person who has been hacked? Jessica Alba tops our list. Several famous women were the victims of a 2014 hacking known as The Fappening. Some of these celebrities' cell phones were hacked, while others had their iCloud accounts hacked. Several famous actors, musicians, and athletes have been the victims of hackings. "If (hackers are) not looking for it, less so really.This list contains information about celebrities who have been hacked, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. There's a chance anything you put up in the cloud, it's available in some way," Ackerman said. "If you think about it, you have multiple copies (of your data). Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton was also hacked and confirmed through a rep that the photos of her were legitimate.ĭan Ackerman, a senior editor at CBS News partner CNET, told "CBS This Morning," that everyone's cloud-stored digital information is vulnerable, though celebrities are more vulnerable because hackers are actively looking for their data. Nickelodeon actress and singer Victoria Justice, 21, took to Twitter and wrote, "These so called nudes of me are FAKE people," reports CBS Los Angeles.ĬBS Los Angeles also reported singer Ariana Grande's rep said nude photos of Grande are also fakes. The 29-year-old tweeted about the hack Sunday and said she took the photos with her husband years ago in the privacy of her home and shamed the hackers saying, "Hope you feel great about yourselves." Online posts claim more than 100 celebrities are part of the illicit cache and that more photos will be released.Įxplicit images of the "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence appeared online, showing the 24-year-old in various stages of undress.Ī spokesperson for Lawrence told CBS News the posts are "a flagrant violation of privacy" and said "the authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence."Īctress Mary Elizabeth Winstead was also exposed online.
Posts on the websites 4chan and Reddit said the celebrities were exposed when a hacker broke into their cloud-based storage.
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