Former Nickelodeon stars Ariana Grande and Victoria Justice are just two of the victims involved in a massive celebrity hacking.
The leaked photos ended up compiled in a subpage in website Reddit titled "The Fappening". Reddit has now banned the subreddit page, stating that the site "deplore[s] the theft of these images" and that they do not "condone their widespread distribution."
Victoria Justice first claimed that the leaked images of her were fake, posting a message on Twitter: These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now. *pun intended*."
Now the 21-year-old star has joined other celebrities in taking legal action to protect their privacy, making a statement (via US Magazine):
Shortly after I tweeted about certain pics of me being fake, I was faced with a serious violation of privacy," said the actress.
"There have always been fake photos of me on the Internet, but I will not be put in the position to defend myself as to what is real or what is fake. I am angry at this massive invasion of privacy, and like the other women who are in this situation alongside of me, I am taking legal action to protect my rights."
Ariana Grande, however, has taken the whole incident lighter than her former Nickelodeon co-star. "To every1 going on about my 'nudes' & my 'm&g prices' neither are real! my lil ass is a lot cuter than that lmao & tour details r comin soon."
"But forreal tho whoever thought those were actually me... ... love u but I'm praying for u." (regarding The Fappening)
The Incident happened when an anonymous hacker posted leaked photos of Victoria Justice and Jennifer Lawrence on a message board in website 4chan. The photos quickly spread to other websites such as Imgur and PerezHilton.com, which depicts the said actresses in various states of undress.
The hacker has also leaked photos of Yvonne Strahovski of TV series Chuck, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and has targeted dozens of other celebrities including Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton and Australian actress Teresa Palmer.
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