Carly Rae Jepsen nude photos stolen by hackers

Filed Under: Celebrities, Data loss, Featured, Hacked, Law & order, Nude Celebrities, Privacy

Carly Rae Jepsen image, courtesy of Shutterstock
# Hey, i don't know you
And this is crazy
But i've nicked your photos
I've hacked you baby #

Carly Rae Jepsen - yes, her of the "Call Me Maybe" (potentially one-hit-wonder) song-of-the-year-so-far - has lodged a complaint to the Vancouver Police Department after allegedly having naked photos stolen from her personal computer.

According to TMZ, Jepsen went to the Vancouver Police Department about a possible hacking situation back in March.

Const. Lindsey Houghton from the Vancouver Police Department confirmed:

"We began an investigation. That investigation is into the unauthorized use of a computer, theft of telecommunications and the criminal harassment of Miss Jepsen."

"At this time, one suspect — an adult male — has been identified. He has not been arrested, he has not been charged and the investigation is continuing."

Poor old Carly, it was only on Monday when she took to Twitter to deny that a sex video of someone who looked remarkably like her was actually, in fact, not her.

Carly Rae Jepsen Twitter account

"Crazy morning. Discovered that someone put up a sex tape claiming to be me. Ridiculous. Obviously not me."

And now she joins the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus who have also all fallen victim to cybercriminals.

Celebrities may have chosen to be in the public eye, but they deserve some level of privacy, especially when it comes to private files stored on their personal computers.

But, like the rest of us, they are capable of being a bit neglectful when it comes to computer security.

So, celebrities, if you're reading this - if you must take naked pictures of yourself, at least store them securely. Or perhaps take the advice that we gave Mila Kunis.

Carly Rae Jepsen image, courtesy of Shutterstock

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10 Responses to Carly Rae Jepsen nude photos stolen by hackers

  1. kch says:

    Sorry, I don't believe these are accidents. If you want to find the hacker, why not call their publicists, agents, movie studios...?

  2. soshimo says:

    I just don't get this thing with young people and them taking pictures of their junk. Maybe I'm just getting old. Now get off my lawn!

  3. Alan says:

    > her of the "Call Me Maybe" (potentially one-hit-wonder)...

    So, not a fan then? :-)

  4. jon says:

    Would you admit to the pics. Likely not. I don't think she's a one hit wonder though. If Usher mentored Bieber, I would think Bieber will take care of getting her good music material for a follow up. She is awesome.

  5. Jamie says:

    I really don't see the point in denying it, if it was you.
    Everyone has sex. Big deal these days..............

    When someone says "ridiculous" you know it probably will be them :)

  6. Billy says:

    In all honesty, if they don't want these photos and videos being stolen and leaked online DON'T make them, and for the love of god don't send em through email. simple solution to the complaining celebrities! On the other hand they could be doing it themselves, do you notice that the celebrities become even more popular when this kind of thing happens. Marketing 101.

  7. Dave Ott says:

    Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup and one of Thomas's English Muffins. Sounds good to me!

  8. Nora Lasso says:

    IF YOU DOESN'T WANT YOUR NAKED PHOTOS TO BE SEEN - DON'T MAKE THEM!

  9. Bryan Hull says:

    Any chance of getting a link? :0

  10. feltores says:

    @Soshimo
    IN case of celebs like paris hilton, miley cyrus and kim kard. I would totally agree with you, but this girl seemed to be not one of those.. eh

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Anna Brading has worked in tech for more than ten years and as a writer with Sophos for over four. She has a love of all things social media, reading and cats (but she's not weird, honest).