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US actress Bella Thorne uploads her nude photos after hacker threatens her with them


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:18:29 +0000 (UTC)

https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/actress-bella-thorne-defies-hacker-by-releasing-topless-photographs-herself

By Loh Keng Fatt
The Straits Times
June 17, 2019

Bella Thorne is exposing a hacker's threat to release photos of the actress-singer in the nude.

But the 21-year-old is not giving in to his demands, choosing instead to post the topless pictures herself on Saturday (June 15).

"For the last 24 hours, I have been threatened with my own nudes," she tweeted, along with screenshots of text messages from the hacker.

"I feel gross. I feel watched, I feel someone has taken something from me that I wanted only one special person to see. I can sleep better tonight knowing I took my power back," Thorne wrote defiantly.

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