6 Maroney also later admitted the photos were real, but with a twist. 5 Justice later admitted they were real, and threatened legal action. Grande insists that the photos are not of her and has not backed off that claim. Mykala Maroney, Ariana Grande and Victoria Justice all denied the pictures were authentic, since faking a nude photo of a celebrity is all too easy in the era of Photoshop.
The package of photos and videos had apparently been floating around the dark corners of the internet for some time, under the title “Major Win.” 4 That a sickening invasion of peoples’ privacy is seen as a “major win” tells you a lot about the hacker community that is responsible for this.
In the case of British TV actress, Jessica Brown Findlay, a short sex tape was posted. 2 These photos were then leaked over the internet for all to see. One or more persons still unknown engaged in a prolonged hacking attack to access the personal photographs of various celebrities in which they appeared fully or partially nude, including academy award winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, model Kate Upton, actress Kirsten Dunst, actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 1 and Olympic Gymnast Mykala Maroney. The ugly side of the internet was on vivid display last week. Unintended Consequences: How the DMCA Made the Distribution of Stolen Celebrity Photos All Too Easy
