FBI and Apple investigate hacking of iCloud that targeted '100 A-list' stars' compromising photos

Hacker claims to have a sex video of Jennifer Lawrence and hundreds more photos of celebrities yet to be leaked.

17:15 02 September 2014

The FBI and Apple are conducting investigations into the hacking of Apple’s iCloud service that lead to the leaking of naked images of multiple high-profile celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and Ariana Grande.

The compromising photos appeared on sharing forum 4Chan and were posted on Sunday night. The hacker claimed to have a sex video of Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence and that they have taken the images from Apple’s iCloud service by exploiting a security flaw.

Laura Eimiller, a spokesperson for the FBI, said the Bureau is “aware of the allegations concerning computer intrusions and the unlawful release of material involving high profile individuals, and is addressing the matter”.

“Any further comment would be inappropriate at this time,” she said in a statement.

Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said the company is “actively investigating” the hacks, while Lawrence’s spokesperson stated on Monday that “the authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence”.

Despite the investigation, the hacker said that they will publish more photos and that they are disappointed for not making enough money for their action.

“I didn't take the money and run. S**t got weird once I started posting samples,” the anonymous hacker wrote on 4Chan.

“People wanted s*** for free. Sure, I got $120 with my bitcoin address, but when you consider how much time was put into acquiring this stuff (i'm not the hacker, just a collector), and the money (i paid a lot via bitcoin as well to get certain sets when this stuff was being privately traded Friday/Saturday) I really didn't get close to what I was hoping.”