Private pictures go viral on Twitter and social media

Aug 22, 2017 07:22 GMT  ·  By

Nude photos of Anne Hathaway have made the rounds the past week after a hacker allegedly managed to hack the American actress in what appears to be a follow-up to the Fappening saga that took place in 2014.

Not much has been said about the hack itself, but there are reports that several images were posted on Twitter and reddit, before being removed for obvious reasons. The photos, however, are being reposted on other image sharing websites, as it was the case of other stolen pics from various celebrities across the world.

As compared to other stars whose private photos were posted online following a breach of their accounts, Anne Hathaway has remained tight-lipped for the time being, without any confirmation whether she contacted law enforcement or if she’s considering legal action against the hackers or the websites that publish the images.

Hathaway tight-lipped on the alleged hack

In the original Fappening saga, the nude photos were stolen following a breach of iCloud accounts, with a long list of celebrities affected, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Moss, and Miley Cyrus. More recent hacks, however, proved to be fake, and at this point, it’s not yet clear if the latest batch of photos showing Anne Hathaway is legitimate or not.

The Fappening saga is slowly but surely getting a reboot after the original 2014 scandal, with more celebrities getting hacked this year and their private photos being leaked to the web.

More recently, nude pictures belonging to Danielle Lloyd, Modern Family star Sarah Hyland, Emma Watson and Amanda Seyfried ended up online. In some cases, however, hackers who were taking over celebrities’ social accounts were only trying to make the headlines and boost the number of followers on their other accounts, falsely claiming they are in possession of nude photos belonging to various stars.

This was the case of Kylie Jenner, whose Snapchat account got hacked, with the attacker threatening to post a number of stolen photos online.