Hundreds of nude, semi-nude, and revealing pictures of female celebrities were leaked overnightafter being stolen from their private collections. Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, and pop star Ariana Grande were among the celebrities apparently shown in the pictures, which were posted on infamous web forum 4chan.
It's unclear how the images were obtained. Anonymous 4chan users said the photos were taken from celebrities' iCloud accounts, although Apple has since denied that the incident was caused by "any breach in any of Apple’s systems including iCloud or Find my iPhone." iCloud accounts are designed to allow iPhone, iPad, and Mac users to synchronize images, settings, calendar information, and other data between devices, but the service has been criticized for being unreliable and confusing. Earlier this year, Jennifer Lawrence herself complained about the
