{"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\/2016\/08\/ghostbusters-star-leslie-jones-is-targeted-in-racist-cyber-attack-on-her-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones is targeted in racist cyber-attack on her website"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hackers have targeted Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones after intimate photos of the actress were posted online.<\/p>\n
The star’s Tumblr page has been taken offline after she became the victim of an apparent cyber-attack.<\/p>\n
Copies of her passport and driving licence were published as well as personal photos from her iCloud account.<\/p>\n
An image of the dead Cincinnati Zoo gorilla Harambe appeared in an apparent racist insult.<\/p>\n
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
The 48-year-old left Twitter briefly last month after she received racist messages.<\/p>\n
She was sent tweets blaming her for Aids and comparing her to a gorilla.<\/p>\n
She criticised the social media company for not doing enough to deal with online trolls.<\/p>\n
Twitter announced a new “quality filter” earlier this week which is designed to allow users to deal with trolls and abusive posts more easily.<\/p>\n
Friends and fellow actors have come out in support of the star after the latest online abuse was posted.<\/p>\n
Ghostbusters director Paul Feig called it “an absolute outrage”.<\/p>\n
Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette warned people sharing explicit photos of Leslie Jones that they could be taken to court.<\/p>\n
Girls star Lena Dunham tweeted: “Let’s turn our anger at trolls into love for Leslie Jones.”<\/p>\n
And star of 2009 film Precious and Oscar nominee, Gabourey Sidibe, said she didn’t understand how people could hate someone so much.<\/p>\n