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It isn’t just actresses and female singers who have been victims to one of the biggest breaches of privacy in recent history – the nude photo hacking scandal.
Liam Payne has also fallen prey to online pranksters, after a series of false naked photographs of him, that had been Photoshopped with another man in the background, surfaced on social media yesterday (21 September).
The One Direction singer took to Twitter to deny the authenticity of the "gay" pictures.
He posted: "Wow as if people think that weird photo going around is actually me lol think id rather tweet a full frontal than have people look at that[sic]."
However, after receiving some tweets from gay fans questioning his seeming offence at the false photographic reference to his sexuality, he posted the following:
They did, however, emerge amid a second wave of hacked personal pictures – including of Kim Kardashian and Rihanna – surfaced.
The actresses Vanessa Hudgens and Aubrey Plaza, designer and former child star Mary-Kate Olsen, and US soccer player Hope Solo are reportedly among those apparently vicitimised.
A spokesperson for Lawrence said at the time: "This is a flagrant violation of privacy. The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence."
Justice and Grande both said that the pictures were fake, although Lawrence’s spokesperson verified their authenticity.
Representatives for Upton said they were "looking into" the authenticity of the intimate images.
Ricky Gervais went on a back tracking spree on the social media site after he was criticised for 'victim blaming', while Emma Watson also took to Twitter to voice her condemnation of the breach.
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