Rihanna, Amber Heard, and Kim Kardashian have not responded yet to the alleged photos that were leaked this week.
The photos were reportedly uploaded online to Reddit and 4chan before they were shared on social media websites. In all, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Meagan Good, Gabrielle Union, Hayden Panettiere, Kaley Cuoco, Hope Solo, as well as the other three had alleged photos leak of them.
Union, Cuoco, and Good said the photos were of them, while the others didn’t say anything.
“It has come to our attention that our private moments, that were shared and deleted solely between my husband and myself, have been leaked by some vultures,” Union told TMZ. Good also said: I’m definitely in shock… Saddened for everyone who is experiencing this… But I ‘choose’ not to give the persons responsible my power.. At the end of the day—We all know these pictures were for my husband.”
According to Time magazine, the others haven’t issued statements or have not spoken about the photos.
One expert--Phil Lieberman, President of Lieberman Software Corporation--told the publication that the hackers will be found eventually.
“The success rate is very high. People doing this are very foolish, thinking they’re going to get away with it,” he said. “For a period of time, they’re the hero. Once they’re caught, they'll become the zero.”
“If someone’s life is in danger, law enforcement moves very quickly,” Lieberman added. “But pictures of celebrities don’t rise to the level of kidnapping, murders or serious violent crimes. They’re seen more as economic crimes or invasions of privacy, which are serious, but go on a little slower track.”
Meanwhile, some people were making fun of Kardashian on Twitter, saying she was asking for it.
But as one Huffington Post writer notes, “Yes, she’s posted photographs of herself on Twitter in revealing outfits. No, she doesn’t deserve to have her private property stolen and splashed across the Internet. Yes, she is a victim of a crime.”
It adds: “We tend to have little sympathy for women who strive to be in the spotlight in a way we don’t deem acceptable.”
