The 36 year old man from Lancaster, Pennsylvania convicted of hacking, phishing and sneaking his way into the accounts of many of the world's most prominent female celebrities in order to view their private photos, has been sentenced. For his part in “The Fappening,” he was given 18 months in U.S. federal …
Read More »Man pleads guilty to ‘Fappening’ celebrity photo leak
The celebrity nude picture leaks of 2014, colloquially known as “The Fappening,” now have a patient zero, as 29 year old Edward Majerczyk from Iowa, U.S., has plead guilty to hacking email accounts to obtain the images. While his lawyer denies that Majerczyk disseminated the images. Although sentencing has yet to take place, …
Read More »Google to take down ‘revenge porn’ images from search results
Revenge porn, or the practice of putting nude or sexually suggestive images of people online without their permission, has been a problem for a number of years now. However since the celebrity nude scandal that hit last year sent up red flags of hypocrisy when they seemed to get special …
Read More »Reddit to kill anyone’s nude photos if they ask
Reddit is taking a stance on personal privacy and has enacted a new policy in its latest administrative changes update that will mean if anyone complains about a nude or sexually suggestive photo of themselves being disseminated on the site, it will be removed without question. Ultimately, any such photo …
Read More »Snapchat photo leak blamed on third party apps
Late last week, the world learned that it isn't just celebrities that have been victim of a photo hacking scandal, but the public too. A large number of Snapchat users are said to have been affected, with some 100,000 images dumped online for all to see. Snapchat's statement on the matter …
Read More »Reddit made a killing on the celebrity nude scandal
Reddit recently banned the main groups associated with the “Fappening,” which saw prominent female celebrities' personal photographs leaked onto the internet and distributed via links and uploads to relevant subreddits and just about everywhere else on the web. However before Reddit dropped the banhammer on all forums associated with the event, …
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