Her nude photos – which were meant for then-boyfriend Nicholas Hoult – were leaked and dispersed all over the net.
“When the hacking thing happened, it was so unbelievably violating that you can’t even put it into words.”
“I feel like I got gang-banged by the f***ing planet. There was not one person in the world that is not capable of seeing these intimate photos of me.”
“I think, like, a year and a half ago, somebody said something to me about how I was ‘a good role model for girls,’ and I had to go into the bathroom and sob because I felt like an imposter.”
“It wasn’t gonna bring any of that back. So I wasn’t interested in suing everybody; I was just interested in healing.”
Ryan Collins admitted to running a phishing scam for two years, using it to obtain login details from more than 100 people, including high-profile celebrities.
Collins’ guilty plea shed light on the ease with which hackers can gain access to sensitive information.
Edward Majerczyk used a phishing scheme to obtain login credentials of victims and subsequently stole their backed-up photos and videos.
In addition to Jennifer Lawrence, several other high-profile celebrities, such as Kirsten Dunst, Gabrielle Union, and Kate Upton, were also victims of the 2014 photo hacking scandal.
The incident highlights the pervasive nature of cybercrime and the need for increased measures to protect individuals’ private information online.
