Hackers compromise account of Drake & Josh star

Apr 10, 2018 06:33 GMT  ·  By

Drake Bell appears to be the most recent victim of hackers as part of another episode of the Fappening saga that started in mid-2014.

This time, it looks like cybercriminals managed to obtain access to the personal photo collection of the Drake & Josh star, though for the time being it’s not entirely clear how this happened. There are no specifics on whether hackers compromised a cloud account, a mobile device, or a personal computer, but ETN writes that attackers exposed several nude photos online on April 8.

Bell has remained completely tight-lipped on the nude photo leak, despite his name becoming a trending hashtag on social media on Sunday evening.

Hacks typically targeting iCloud

Hackers are most often targeting celebrities’ iCloud accounts where photos are automatically uploaded by iPhones for backups. While it’s not clear if this is the case right now, the NSFW pictures have already been posted on several websites known for publishing the Fappening leaks and then spread across social media as well.

While some have been removed already, they’re being re-uploaded on other mirrors, just like it happened in the case of other nude photo leaks, making it nearly impossible to pull the content from the WWW.

Furthermore, because the content was posted on social media services with Bell’s name as a hashtag, it went viral in a very short time, mostly because many people believed it was somehow related to the American television sitcom.

While Bell hasn’t commented on the hack, his most recent tweet was published 11 hours ago, though it’s not known is he’s in charge of his account or tweets are posted by someone else.

Several celebrities whose X-rated photos were leaked online decided to contact law enforcement for investigations, also trying to force websites to remove the images, but it remains to be seen if Bell wants to turn to the legal arsenal as well or not.