{"id":242762,"date":"2016-08-25T06:36:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T06:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=242762"},"modified":"2016-08-25T06:36:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T06:36:38","slug":"ghostbusters-star-leslie-jones-is-targeted-in-racist-cyber-attack-on-her-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=242762","title":{"rendered":"Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones is targeted in racist cyber-attack on her website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers have targeted Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones after intimate photos of the actress were posted online.<\/p>\n<p>The star&#8217;s Tumblr page has been taken offline after she became the victim of an apparent cyber-attack.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of her passport and driving licence were published as well as personal photos from her iCloud account.<\/p>\n<p>An image of the dead Cincinnati Zoo gorilla Harambe appeared in an apparent racist insult.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_container \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/13BC9\/production\/_90914808_ghostbusters1.jpg\" alt=\"Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon in Ghostbusters\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Photos of the actress posing with stars including Rihanna, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West were leaked as was her phone number and Twitter password.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old left Twitter briefly last month after she received racist messages.<\/p>\n<p>She was sent tweets blaming her for Aids and comparing her to a gorilla.<\/p>\n<p>She criticised the social media company for not doing enough to deal with online trolls.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter announced a new &#8220;quality filter&#8221; earlier this week which is designed to allow users to deal with trolls and abusive posts more easily.<\/p>\n<p>Friends and fellow actors have come out in support of the star after the latest online abuse was posted.<\/p>\n<p>Ghostbusters director Paul Feig called it &#8220;an absolute outrage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_container \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/2E41\/production\/_90914811_ghostbusters2.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones in Ghostbusters\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette warned people sharing explicit photos of Leslie Jones that they could be taken to court.<\/p>\n<p>Girls star Lena Dunham tweeted: &#8220;Let&#8217;s turn our anger at trolls into love for Leslie Jones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And star of 2009 film Precious and Oscar nominee, Gabourey Sidibe, said she didn&#8217;t understand how people could hate someone so much.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded\"><\/div>\n<p>Leslie Jones hasn&#8217;t commented about the cyber-attack on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The actress was part of the all-female reboot of Ghostbusters this year.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few weeks she&#8217;s been working at the Olympic Games in Rio for US TV network NBC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_container \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/14F51\/production\/_90914858_ap_lawrence.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Lawrence\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In June, a man in America pleaded guilty to running a phishing campaign to steal private pictures and videos from film and TV stars.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Majerczyk, from Chicago, was arrested after police investigated the 2014 cyber-attack.<\/p>\n<p>Nude photos of more than 100 celebrities, including Rihanna and Jennifer Lawrence, were leaked online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers have targeted Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones after intimate photos of the actress were posted online. 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