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The FBI has reportedly begun inquiries into reports that hackers stole and leaked private and intimate pictures of over 100 celebrities.
The Sun revealed how private photographs of Emma Watson were leaked online, with claims the haul included nude images. Mischa Barton. The O.C. star was at the centre of a sex tape scandal after it was reported that footage of the actress was touted around major porn websites. Amanda Seyfried.
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Until the jacuzzi photos were posted online, Oueiss said she had worked hard to maintain a professional public image as a serious journalist. She would only post photos of herself wearing a jacket and avoided doing interviews about her personal life. “They wanted to destroy the image of Ghada, the serious journalist who is not afraid to ask tough q...
Amnesty International is calling on governments to issue a moratoriumon the export, sale and use of surveillance technology like Pegasus until there is a human-rights-compliant regulatory framework in place. “There are certainly legitimate uses to this technology,” Abdul Rahim said, referring to law enforcement using the technology with judicial ov...
Alya Alhwaiti, an activist and former professional equestrian from Saudi Arabia who now lives in London, said she believes she was also targeted in a hack-and-leak attack using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. In 2018, her phone started behaving strangely: The device often froze. She received calls from strange numbers and occasionally messages appeare...
Another alleged victim of this kind of attack was Alaa al-Siddiq, 33, an Emirati activist and executive director of human rights group ALQST. Al-Siddiq’s phone started acting up in 2020 and she became concerned that she had been hacked like other prominent female activists, according to her co-worker Josh Cooper, deputy director of ALQST. She told ...
Dec 24, 2020 · Hackers have stolen the data of a large cosmetic surgery chain and are threatening to publish patients' before and after photos, among other details. The Hospital Group, which has a long list...
Jul 16, 2021 · Data protection experts have raised concerns about the security of the website's server after creators were hacked, or affected by glitches resulting in nude photos of others appearing on their...
Oct 11, 2014 · Explicit images taken with the photo sharing app Snapchat have reportedly been intercepted via a third party app and leaked online. Users of the app, many of them teenagers, have apparently had their photos gathered over a number of years before being posted on a website.
Sep 2, 2014 · The FBI looks into allegations that the online accounts of celebrities have been hacked, leading to intimate pictures being posted online.
