Jennifer Lawrence nude photos leak

Jennifer Lawrence nude photos leak

Nude photos of "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande and Kirsten Dunst, among others, leaked online Sunday morning in one of the biggest celebrity hacking scandals in recent memory.

The images, which first appeared on image-sharing site 4chan, show most of the celebrities nude or in provocative poses.

A spokesperson for Lawrence blasted the hackers for their "flagrant violation of privacy."

"The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence," her representative warned.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, another actress exposed in the leak, immediately took to Twitter to denounce the photos.

It's unknown how the risqué photos made it to the web but celebrities have been a big target of phone hackers of late.

In 2012, a man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for posting nude images of Scarlett Johansson to the web.

Other victims of phone hackings in recent years include "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks, Blake Lively and Olivia Munn.

Nude photographs of Jennifer Lawrence - as well as photographs that purportedly show multiple A-list celebrities - have leaked online.

According to Buzzfeed, the photos first appeared on a thread for Internet message board 4chan.

A list of the alleged victims has also appeared online, the news site noted. There are 101 names in total.

The hacker had claimed to be in possession of 60 photographs of Jennifer Lawrence, the news site noted.

Reps for Lawrence confirmed to MailOnline the photos of her are real.

'This is a flagrant violation of privacy. The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence,' the emailed statement read.

A spokesman for Ariana Grande told MailOnline photos that claim to show her are fake.

The Mirror reported that Twitter is shutting down accounts that are disseminating the pictures.

Some of those women named include Aubrey Plaza, Candice Swanepoel, Cara Delevingne, Cat Deeley, Hillary Duff, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Upton, Kelly Brook, Kim Kardashian, Lea Michele, Michelle Keegan, Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Vanessa Hudgens.

Some of those women named include Aubrey Plaza, Candice Swanepoel, Cara Delevingne, Cat Deeley, Hillary Duff, Kaley Cuoco, Kate Upton, Kelly Brook, Kim Kardashian, Lea Michele, Michelle Keegan, Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Vanessa Hudgens.

The hacker claims to have a 'full set' of photographs of US soccer star Hope Solo, as well as a double photograph showing Allison Brie and Dave Franco.

Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who was also listed as a victim, wrote on Twitter 'To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves.'

She also expressed sympathy for others, tweeting 'Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked.'

Winstead implied she was facing difficulties on Twitter Sunday, when she tweeted 'Great day for the block button!'

Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice denied the nude photos that claim to show her are real.

She tweeted, 'These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now. *pun intended.*'

Seth Rogen criticized the hacker on Twitter, writing 'Posting pics hacked from a cell phone is really no different than selling stolen merchandise.'

'I obviously am not comparing women to merchandise. Just legally speaking, it shouldn't be tolerated to repost stolen pics,' Rogen also tweeted.