Celebrities Who Got Hacked

By ETCanada.com Staff. 1 Mar 2019 6:28 PM

Celebrity hacking is nothing new. For more than a decade, the Internet has seen the illegal posting of many private, often nude celebrity pics. Here are a few of the more memorable celebrity hacking scandals.

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The High School Musical star has a long history of incidents in which nude or semi-nude photos of herself have appeared on the Internet. It happened in 2007, 2009 and again in 2011. Hudgens had sought legal action to prevent some of these photos from being posted on websites.
Twilight actress Ashley Greene got a lot of early attention when several nude photos of her were leaked to the internet in 2009. An organized group of cybercriminals then used the photos as a way to lure viewers into giving their personal information.
The British actor testified in the Rupert Murdoch/News of The World phone scandal. The actor was a victim of multiple phone hacks in 2005 by the British tabloid. Resulting headlines focused on the details of his relationship with Sienna Miller. During the trial, it was also revealed that some of the personal information on Law had actually been leaked by a family member.
The appearance of Kunis' name among celebrities hacked in 2014 must have seemed like deja vu for the That '70s Show star. It was only 2011 when Kunis' phone was hacked in a celebrity incident that also involved Scarlett Johansson. A Florida man has since been convicted of computer hacking. The 2011 photos were particularly embarassing for Kunis as they contained some non-explicit shots of Justin Timberlake, whom Kunis had claimed NOT to be dating at the time.
Lovato was the victim of an exceptionally cruel hacking incident in 2014. The perpetrator apparently hacked the Twitter account of boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama, posting several nude and intimate pictures of the couple. Many of the photos had previously been stolen and leaked to the internet in April 2014. The Twitter hacker went as far as to diss Lovato's weight and even claimed at one point to be former Lovato friend Selena Gomez.
It isn't just actresses who were hacked in 2014 scandal. There were also a few professional athletes. Model/actress Kate Upton and boyfriend/Detroit pitcher Justin Verlander are apparently seen in nude photos. Also on the list of victims - soccer player Hope Solo.
In just a few days in 2014, the iCloud hacking scandal grew to include an estimated 100 celebrities, including singers Rihanna, Ariana Grande and actress Victoria Justice. Many have taken to Twitter to express their outrage or denounce the photos as fakes. The scandal - which now involves the FBI - will likely force celebrities to rethink how they use social media. It may also force the public to regard these invasions of privacy as true criminal activity. Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has already felt the wraith of his readership. He posted then removed the hacked Jennifer Lawrence photos after complaints.

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