Another round of naked photos of female celebrities are circulating online in a second leak of hacked personal images, including Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, and British model Emily Ratajkowski.

Dozens of nude photos of stars were uploaded to the online bulletin boards 4chan and Reddit on Sunday, in what is believed to be a continuation of the privacy breach at the beginning of the month. Jennifer Lawrence, who had over 60 nude pictures released in the first leak, appears to have been targeted once again.

The victims in this latest cache – and those hacked previously – have several things in common. They are all female, famous, and their intimate photos are likely going to be used as masturbation fodder by thousands of internet users. This is not a sex-tape scandal, it is revenge porn on a mass scale. These women did not leak their pictures, they were stolen and published.

You only have to look at the stories of victims of revenge porn to understand the depravity of the issue. Reputations, jobs, financial security, psychological and physical health are put at risk with the click of a button, in an extreme invasion of privacy.

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