The fappening

What's This Word? The Fappening refers to an event that began on August 31, when an iCloud hack resulted in nude photos of dozens of celebrities to be released online. The term The Fappening likely comes from a portmanteau of fap and happening. Fap is a slang word that refers to masturbation, especially involving a penis.

Twitter: The Heavy's report on Ryan Collins. You may remember the fappening , also known as Celebgate - when an anonymous hacker, or hackers, leaked naked pictures of more than celebs, including Rihanna and Jennifer Lawrence. They worked out the celebrities' Apple iCloud log-in details and also sent phishing emails to their Gmail accounts. More than images were leaked on 4chan and Reddit in , with stars threatening legal action. There aren't that many pictures of him left on the internet, interestingly. It appears that he's deleted his Facebook and other social profiles. It's understood he's married with two children and studied science and technology at James Madison University in Virginia.

On August 31, , a collection of almost private pictures of various celebrities , mostly women, and with many containing nudity , were posted on the imageboard 4chan , and later disseminated by other users on websites and social networks such as Imgur and Reddit. The images were initially believed to have been obtained via a breach of Apple 's cloud services suite iCloud , [1] [2] or a security issue in the iCloud API which allowed them to make unlimited attempts at guessing victims' passwords. The event, which media outlets and internet users referred to under names such as the "fappening" a portmanteau of "fap", a slang term for masturbation , and " happening " and "Celebgate", was met with a varied reaction from the media and fellow celebrities.

Skip navigation! Story from News. Unfortunately, Watson and Seyfried's privacy has been compromised, thanks to the work of online hackers. This recent hack eerily coincides with the release of an alleged sex tape featuring actress Mischa Barton.