The Fappening isn't just targeting female celebrities anymore! It has claimed another victim, one of the male gender.
Nick Hogan, reality television star and semi-retired wrestler Hulk Hogan's son, is the latest victim to have private and personal photographs hacked in the fourth wave of the iCloud scandal, which has been dubbed The Fappening, TMZ reports.
TMZ said that the photographs were taken from the 24-year-old Hogan Knows Best star, and included photos of himself, former lovers, and photos from high school that were escapades. Of the former lover photos, some of them are of girls he dated in his teenage years that were underage at the time, which Nick Hogan said that the hackers were "playing with fire" because the photos meant the hacker at least once had child pornography.
Among the photos was also two photos of Nick Hogans mother Linda Bollea, the ex-wife of Hulk Hogan and also mother to Nick Hogan's sister Brooke. In these photos Bollea is pictured in a thong. Nick Hogan claims that these photos were not on his personal iCloud account, claiming some of the photos are not his, including the pictures of male genitalia that were uploaded.
While Nick Hogan is believed to be the first male targeted specifically, photos of MLB Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander and his girlfriend actress Kate Upton were leaked in the first wave of photos, according to The Independent.
As we reported, The Fappening has targeted such celebrities as The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence, Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick and Olympian Misty May-Treanor.
The hack's name comes from the combination of the words fap, which a term used to describe masturbation on the Internet and happening, assuming the name is in relation to the title for The Happening, the 2008 M. Night Shyamalan Sci-fi/thriller film. The hackings have primarily been uploaded to social media and discussion board platforms Reddit and 4Chan.
As well as appearing on Hogan Knows Best, the reality television show centered around Hulk Hogan's family, Nick Hogan has also appeared on Celebrity Ghost Stories and Howard Stern on Demand. He has also starred in the 2012 film Masterminds and the 2010 film Kill Katie Malone.
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