Cupertino, Sep 3: After Jennifer Lawrence's nude photos leaked online, in an apparent hack of Apple's iCloud platform, the company said that it is "actively investigating" reports of possible vulnerabilities in the system.
"We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report," said Apple spokesperson Nat Kerris, technology website Re/code reported.
On Sunday, nude photos and videos of several celebrities including Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, model Kate Upton, actress and singer Mary Winstead, singer Ariana Grande surfaced on the internet.
Reports suggested that the nude photos and videos may have leaked through a security breach of Apple's iCloud platform. However, there were no confirmations of the hack.
Mary Winstead took to Twitter on Monday and said, "Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked."
America's Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI is also investigating the celebrity nude photos leak, according to reports.
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