Photos by Georges Biard and David Shankbone. Three years ago "The Fappening" brought porn into the evening news headlines. Hollywood stars — Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Lawrence among them — had their iClouds hacked, and almost photos were published — showing mostly women, mostly naked — none of which were intended for the public's eyes. Now we have Fappening 2. First, in mid-March, the victims were Amanda Seyfried and long-term target of sexually frustrated Potterite trolling, Emma Watson. It was always claimed that there would be more to follow after "The Fappening's" first wave.

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Examples of The Fappening
The Fappening , a portmanteau of the words "happening" and "fap" , refers to a nude photograph leak featuring various high profile celebrities that were posted on 4chan in late August Many of speculated that the images were stolen via Apple's iCloud service, which hosts photographs taken with iPhone mobile devices online. Also on August 31st, 4chan users launched the hoax hashtag LeakForJLaw to encourage female Twitter users to post topless photographs of themselves in solidarity with Jennifer Lawrence under the banner of social justice. That same evening, Twitter user Boogie [2] posted a topless photograph of himself accompanied by the hashtag, garnering upwards of 1, retweets in 15 hours. IfMyPhoneGotHacked [16] is a Twitter hashtag where people made light of the situation surrounding the Fappening by sharing embarrassing, often photoshopped , pictures present on their mobile devices that would be released to the public in the theoretical scenario should their phone or iCloud got hacked similarly to the victims of The Fappening. On August 31st, a spokesperson for Jennifer Lawrence issued a statement to the tech news blog Mashable [4] revealing the celebrity's intent to sue whomever is responsible for the leak, calling it a "flagrant violation of privacy. That same day, Mary E. Winstead posted two tweets shaming the person responsible for the hack and those who were viewing them. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Victoria Justice posted a tweet denying that the topless photographs of her were authentic.
Background
The Fappening refers to an event that began on August 31, when an iCloud hack resulted in nude photos of dozens of celebrities to be released online. The term The Fappening likely comes from a portmanteau of fap and happening. Fap is a slang word that refers to masturbation, especially involving a penis. In this context, the implication is that this is very likely what people on the internet do when they get a hold of naked pictures. On August 31, , the images were released on 4chan and also circulated on Reddit. The event exposed how little security celebrities had on their personal online accounts and how easily hackers were able to gain access to them.
From the topic Entertainment. You may remember the fappening , also known as Celebgate - when an anonymous hacker, or hackers, leaked naked pictures of more than celebs, including Rihanna and Jennifer Lawrence. They worked out the celebrities' Apple iCloud log-in details and also sent phishing emails to their Gmail accounts.