In the leaking of nude celebrities photos dubbed, The Fappening, which began 4 months ago back in August, hackers have once again leaked nude photos of more prominent celebrities.

The leak came exactly as promised over Halloween-weekend, Saturday, leaking nude photos of Sarah Shahi. Shahi had fallen victim to The Fappening in past leaks, yet has had more photos leaked.

Though Reddit users claim the most recent leak also contain nude photos of Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders Holly Arielle and Tobi Percival, Carly Pope, supermodel Hannah Davis, Kelly Felthouse, and Kelsey Voglesang. This Fappening set comes just one week after the massive The Fappening 6, which contained nude photos of Nicola Peltz, Angie Miller, Krysten Ritter, Tobie Percival and Aubrey Cleland.

The latest nude photo celebrity hack is also speculated to contain more revealing photos of Jennifer Lawrence, which The Fappening originally began with.

In what was thought to be the end of the celebrity leaks, hackers have revamped their latest operations, again, leaking photos of top A-list celebrities. Back in October claims that The Fappening was dieing had surfaced, claiming the leaks were no longer routine and the latest sets contained photos of unknown D-list celebrities.

In the past two stolen celebrity photo leaks, sets contain photos of prominent A-list celebrities, including those of Daisy Lowe, Nicole Peltz among countless others.

The Fappening began back in August when hackers first leaked nude photos of Jennifer Lawerence, Kate Upton, Kaley Cuoco among countless others. Since the initial leak, hackers have posted stolen nude photos of Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevingne, Anna Kendrick, Nina Dobrev alongside two males.

Jennifer Lawerence has become the face of The Fappening, due to her status and large number of photos stolen and leaked online.

The leak was reported to have come from celebrities iCloud and cloud storage accounts. Hackers were said to have harvested photos of celebrities for at least eight months, meaning hackers launched targeted attacks, reaping hundreds of photos of numerous celebrities months prior. Keeping quite on the matter, hackers finally took to light with the massive amount of photos they stole, and leak stolen photos nearly every week.

Due to iCloud being the main target, Apple did their own investigation and found celebrities iCloud vaults were hacked due to weak passwords, not a vulnerability in the service.

Apple has since added two-factor authentication due to the high demand and added security benefits since the leak of stolen photos.

The FBI is said to be investigating The Fappening matter looking to identify the hackers. Identities of who the hackers may be remains unknown, and federal authorities have not made public claims to have any leads of possible identities of the leakers.

How many more nude celebrity photos the hackers may have remains unknown.

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A group of hackers have released a set of 24 images of the 35-year-old American actress, Kelly Brook, in another celebrity nude photo leak.

Twenty-four private images of Kelly Brook, have been leaked online by an unknown group of hackers. Kelly Brook, who is currently starring the U.S. sitcom ‘One Big Happy’, has had a set of her explicit photos leaked online without her permission.

This is not the first time Kelly Brook has fallen victim to hackers and had to deal with a nude photos leak. Back in October, Kelly Brook had fallen victim to The Fappening/iCloud leaks, which led to a barrage of A-list celebrities most intimate photos being leaked on the Internet, affecting prominent celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian and even Kate Upton.

If the latest Kelly Brook nude photos are not photoshopped, this could be Brook’s second time her private photos have been hacked and posted online without her permission or on accident.

Back near the end of October, Brook’s had a set of 34 private images leaked online, including photos of Brook in various poses while appearing topless among other poses in bikinis and underwear. The latest Kelly Brook’s leak could be far more explicit. Hackers who have published the latest Kelly Brook’s nude photos online show Brook’s in various poses appearing fully nude, including one with the brunette posing in her bed with her bottom in the air.

The latest leak includes images with Brook’s ex-fiance, David McIntosh, leaking intimate photos of Brook’s cuddling with him.

Kelly Brook’s had denied her nude photos had been leaked in the earlier iCloud leak, stating in a tweet at the time, “The only nude photos you’ll see of me are the ones that I leak and the ones my head is superimposed on!” Meanwhile, the actress has refused to comment on the latest alleged leaks of her intimate photos.

The images are said to be circulating on file sharing and popular torrent websites.

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Federal agents raided a Chicago home Tuesday, seizing several computers belonging to a hacker believed to be linked to the massive nude celebrity photo leak, which led to nearly 100 actresses private photos begin leaked online for several months.

The Fappening is what they called it when Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevingne, Anna Kendrick, and nearly a hundred others had their nude photos leaked online.

The unknown hacker randomly began leaking the explicit photos on 4Chan and Reddit, where the hacker claimed to have hijacked celebrities iCloud accounts for months prior, harvesting hundreds of photos of the celebrities.

No arrests have been made in regards to the FBI raid, but someone in the Chicago home is believed to have used a computer to steal “nude and sexually explicit photographs of dozens of female celebrities,” Special Agent, Josh Sedowsky, apart of the FBI CyberCrime Unit said in his affidavit to obtain a search warrant for the house.

According to Sedowsky, an IP address traced to Jesus Herrera “was used to access approximately 572 unique iCloud accounts,” between May 2013 to August 2014. The IP traced was used for 4,980 attacks against accounts using over 1,987 different passwords. “In total, the unique iCloud accounts were accessed 3,263 times,” the document read.

Some of the actresses targeted in Herrera’s attacks were locked out of their iCloud accounts for a short period of time before their photos were stolen, as Herrera would hack into the account and change the password.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) believes people living in the Chicago home had access to celebrities’ emails and cloud storage accounts for several months prior to the leak. Two others, Carmen Herrera and Martin Herrera are also believed to live in the home, Sedowsky said.

In the legal complaint, victimized actresses were based on initials such as A.S., C.H., H.S., A.K. among others. Which could mean Abigail Spencer, Christina Hendricks, Hope Solo, and Anna Kendrick. Presumably for the privacy of those who were affected.

In a Chicago Sun-Times article, reporters got a hold of an affidavit currently under seal, referring to the initials J.L., which is believed to be Jennifer Lawrence.

In the file, it reports Lawrence got so distraught during an FBI interview on her leaked photos, agents had to stop mid-way through the interview.

Hacked accounts involved mostly actresses the FBI said, but other accounts Herrera’s IP accessed “were accounts of celebrities, models or their friends and families,” the FBI reported.

According to interviews from the FBI, some affected actresses recall getting locked out of their accounts for a short period of time prior to the leaks coming out.

Apple’s iCloud investigation concluded actresses accounts had been accessed due to weak passwords and phishing attempts. Actresses were told to follow instructions and reset their password, leading the FBI to conclude that hackers gained access to their accounts through phishing emails, tricking the victims into sending the hacker their information.

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In the summer of 2014, an anonymous hacker flooded the Internet with the private nude photos of dozens of major celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian, Kate Upton, Cara Delevingne and dozens of others. Now, nearly 2 years later and authorities believe they’ve identified the hacker, yet no one is facing charges.

The amass of nude pictures leaked online, dubbed The Fappening, was the result of a hacker who harvested the private iCloud accounts of famous A-list Hollywood celebrities. The hacker was suspected of having access to their accounts for months, harvesting dozens of private photos uploaded into the celebrities seemingly-private iCloud vault.

Who is the suspected hacker?

If you remember back in June of last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the home of a Chicago man named Emilio Herrera, who was accused of using his PC to steal “nude and sexually explicit photographs of dozens of female celebrities.” However months later and Herrera has yet to face charges.

Now, two years later, court documents reveal the FBI’s latest suspect is a man named Ed Majerczyk.

In October of 2014, the FBI raided Majerczyk’s home, another Chicago man believed to be the head of the extremely coordinated Fappening attacks that targeted nearly 100 A-list celebrities.

Majerczyk is suspected of illegally accessing iCloud accounts from his home in Chicago. According to the FBI, they also found various sexual photographs of Jennifer Lawrence on his PC, one of the top victims in his alleged social engineering attacks, court documents obtained by Gawker state.

How he gained access to dozens of accounts

The FBI’s latest target came up after federal agents raided their first Chicago home belonging to Emilio Herrera, an individual believed to be tied to hacking of thousands of Apple iCloud accounts, targeting more than 100 celebrity victims.

According to court documents, Majerczyk would send targets a bogus email from a series of accounts such as ‘appleprivacysecurity@gmail.com’ to create a phishing dragnet that fooled even dozens of celebrities into handing over their personal passwords.

In total, the FBI said Majerczyk accessed 330 unique iCloud accounts from his home over a total of 600 times.

Phishing for Jennifer Lawrence

Majerczyk is said to have gained access to dozens of victim’s iCloud accounts after posing as an “Apple Technical Assistant,” which resulted in the celebrities handing over access to their personal photos.

Jennifer Lawrence, a top target in the news who called the leak a “sex crime” had her iCloud account hacked from a simple phishing email. The email came from appleprivacysecurity@gmail.com, writing to Lawrence stating:

“Your Apple ID was used to login into iCloud from an unrecognized device on Wednesday, August 20th, 2014. Operating System: iOS 5.4 Location: Moscow, Russia (IP=95.108.142.138) If this was you please disregard this message. If this wasn’t you for your protection, we recommend you change your password immediately. In order to make sure it is you changing the password, we have given you a one-time passcode, 0184737, to use when resetting your password at http://applesecurity.serveuser.com/. We apologize for the inconvenience and any concerns about your privacy. Apple Privacy Protection.”

Lawrence quickly forwarded the phishing email alert to her assistant who presumably changed her password and gave the hacker direct access to her private iCloud vault.

Court documents show how Majerczyk used a number of deceptive web domains and fake security warnings to appear as authentic alerts from Apple, all to phish the accounts of popular Hollywood celebrities.

While court documents begin to unravel the ongoing Fappening saga, the entirety of the case remains shrouded in mystery. Why would a skilled hacker hijack thousands of iCloud accounts, especially those of A-list celebrities, and access them with his home IP address. Also, why is the FBI keeping the investigation so secret?

As more information becomes available, we will keep you updated.

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