Hundreds of nude, semi-nude, and revealing pictures of female celebrities were leaked overnight after being stolen from their private collections.
According to The Verge, actresses Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst and pop star Ariana Grande were among the celebrities apparently shown in the pictures, which were posted on web forum 4chan.
It’s unclear how the images were obtained, but anonymous 4chan users said that they were taken from celebrities’ iCloud accounts. The accounts are designed to allow iPhone, iPad, and Mac users to synchronize images, settings, calendar information, and other data between devices, but the service has been criticized for being unreliable and confusing.
