Ariana Grande photographed by Austin Hargrave at Quixote in Los Angeles on July 29, 2014.
Austin Hargrave
A member of Ariana Grande's team tells Billboard the photos fake.
Ariana
Grande and numerous other female celebrities are the target of a major
hacking
campaign
involving alleged nude photos that have been leaked online.
Others
celebs who’ve reportedly been hacked include Jennifer Lawrence, Mary Elizabeth
Winstead, Lea
Michele, Avril Lavigne,
Hilary Duff,
Selena
Gomez, Rihanna,
Vanessa
Hudgens, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst, Hope Solo, Krysten Ritter, Yvonne
Strahovski and Teresa Palmer, among others.
The
dozens of alleged nude photos first appeared on the online bulletin board
4chan, which is mostly used anonymously, according to Buzzfeed.
A
member of Grande's team tells Billboard the photos fake. Some have joined the
pop singer in denying the authenticity of the photos, while others have
admitted that they’re real.
Victoria
Justice took to Twitter to deny that the alleged photos of her are
legitimate. “These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in
the bud right now. *pun intended*,” the actress and singer-songwriter wrote
on Sunday (Aug. 31).
But
a representative for “Hunger Games” star Lawrence has reportedly confirmed that
the images were stolen from the actress’ iCloud account and are real.
"This
is a flagrant violation of privacy," the spokesperson told the Huffington
Post. "The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone
who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence.”
Actress
and musician Winstead has also confirmed that the leaked photos are legitimate.
"Knowing
those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that
went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked. 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 wrote on Twitter
Sunday.
The
hacker claims to have more photos and videos, and has offered to release more
in exchange for money, the Huffington Post reports.
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