Emma Watson is reportedly the next celebrity to be targeted by the 4chan hackers - but are they serious?
Emma Watson, the British actress best known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise, is the latest celebrity target for hackers 4Chan who are threatening to publish intimate pictures of her in a matter of days.
Emma Watson delivered a rousing speech as part of her role as UN Women Goodwill ambassador
It is believed the hackers retaliated after Watson gave a rousing speech in New York over the weekend as part of her role as UN Women Goodwill ambassador. The actress spoke out about the leaking of intimate photographs of Jennifer Lawrence and others.
Now, a site reportedly created by members of internet forum 4Chan, shows an image of Watson wiping away a tear from her eye. A digital timer counts down the seconds. "Never forget, the biggest to come thus far" reads a message at the bottom of the screen.
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Gossip site Gawker has posted since-deleted messages from the forum that appear to indicate why the hackers have waited until now to leak images of Watson, despite previously sharing photograph of Lawrence, Kate Upton, Kim Kardashian and Rihanna.
"She makes stupid feminist speeches at UN, and now her nudes will be online," one comment allegedly read.
"It is real and going to happen this weekend. That feminist bitch Emma is going to show the world she is as much of a whore as any woman," said another.
The original list had also included Jessica Brown Findlay, Mary E Winstead, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez , Kate Bosworth, Selena Gomez, Kirsten Dunst and Kaley Cuoco.
The FBI are investigating the alleged widespread invasion of accounts connected to the iCloud service.
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