US actress Jennifer Lawrence has responded after dozens of nude photos purportedly showing the Oscar-winner appeared online.
The 24-year-old actress was among dozens of celebrities, including Aussie model Teresa Palmer, whose photos were leaked online in an apparent massive hacking leak.
A spokesperson for Lawrence confirmed the photos are real and slammed the hacker for a "flagrant violation of privacy".
"The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence," the spokesperson said in a statement.
The revealing images, which show Lawrence in various states of undress, were reportedly among dozens posted on Sunday by an anonymous source on image sharing website 4chan.
A hacker, who has yet to be identified, claims he accessed the photo via the iCloud accounts of a number of celebrities, before posting them on image sharing website 4chan.
Almost as soon as the images appeared on Twitter, the term "Jennifer Lawrence" started trending. Social media users rallied in support of Lawrence using the hashtage #JenniferLawrenceWeSupportYou.
Many users sympathised with Lawrence, saying the actress was 'only human', while others slammed the hacker saying everyone is entitled to privacy.
"Poor #JenniferLawrence more people take those kind of pics than you know, she's only human," Ryan Moss said.
The hacker reportedly claims to be in possession of more than 60 nude selfies of Lawrence posing in compromising positions. But she's not the only one to have fallen victim.
The hacker claims to have hacked dozens of celebrity accounts, including those of A-list stars Ariana Grande, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst, Teresa Palmer, Kim Kardashian, Hilary Duff, Gabi Greko and Victoria Justice.
A handful of intimate photos appear to show Palmer with her ex-boyfriend Scott Speedman, including a couple of the actress lounging topless in a pool along with fully nude images.
Palmer has yet to comment on the leak.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, another actress exposed immediately denounced the photos 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 wrote.
Justice said the photos of her aren't real.
"These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now. *pun intended*," she tweeted.
A spokesperson for actress and pop star Ariana Grande told BuzzFeed that images said to be of her, are "completely fake."
Upton's spokesperson told HuffPost that they are looking into the allegations.
Celebrities have often been targets of phone hackers, with Christina Hendricks, Olivia Munn and Blake Lively recent victims.
US authorities have previously arrested other hackers who claim they accessed and circulated nude photos of celebrities.
Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Chaney was arrested by Florida Police over pictures of Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis that he obtained by hacking emails.
FBI agents arrested 19-year-old James Abrahams over alleged threats he issued to Miss Teen USA contestant Cassidy Wolf. He threatened to release nude photos of the contestant that were obtained by hacking her webcam.
Authorities tracked down Abrahams, finding out that he was a serial offender.
Other celebrities who are alleged to be affected by leak have yet to comment on the photos.
