The message reads, 'Do it naked and take a video and show me.' Part of this image was blurred by USA TODAY to protect the identity of a minor. BOTTOM: A photo of a Snapchat message, provided by the family, from Jerry Harris in response to a photo of Charlie stretching his leg above his head. TOP: A photo of a Snapchat from Charlie's account, provided by the family, shows Charlie stretching his leg in a pose. 1 letters to police in Florida and Texas, Varsity’s Chief Legal Officer Burton Brillhart said the company had learned of “inappropriate sexual conduct” allegations against Harris and was reporting the information to authorities as required by law. Harris is accused of asking one of the brothers to have sex with him in 2019 at two Varsity cheerleading competitions. Those allegations were also reported to police by Varsity Brands, a private company that dominates the cheerleading industry, handling everything from uniform sales to major competitions. The search is part of an investigation into allegations that Netflix "Cheer" star Jerry Harris solicited nude photos and sex from minors. FBI executes a search warrant at a home in Naperville, Illinois. Lawrence recently said that the attack was not only a scandal but a "sex crime".FBI executes a search warrant at a home in Naperville, Illinois. Hundreds of celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Rihanna were targeted by hackers who then posted nude photos online.
The attack comes after a similar but unrelated breach of Apple's iCloud service. The service has also been used to send out spam messages to millions of accounts without consent. At the start of this year 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers of Snapchat users were leaked online. The hack, which has been dubbed 'The snappening', is the latest in a string of damaging privacy breaches on Snapchat.
Users of the 4chan online forum say the collection of photos includes a large amount of child pornography. It is likely that hackers have been collecting Snapchat images for some time.
There are conflicting reports as to where the images were stolen from, with both the Snapsave Android app and website both being mentioned on message boards discussing the hack. Hackers are apparently creating a searchable database of the stolen images and videos with thousands of people already downloading the files. "We vigilantly monitor the App Store and Google Play for illegal third-party apps and have succeeded in getting many of these removed," a spokesperson said. Half of Snapchat users are aged between 13 and 17 with many of the images stolen by hackers reportedly sexually explicit. In a statement Snapchat said that the use of third-party apps to send and receive messages was prohibited by its terms of use. Snapchat has said its servers "were never breached" with other apps linked to Snapchat being targeted by hackers. People accessing Snapchat through third-party apps and not the official Snapchat app had their images stolen. Approximately 90,000 images and 9,000 videos, many of them reportedly nude pictures of teenagers, are included in a 13.6GB file being shared online. Thousands of images and videos sent through mobile messaging app Snapchat have been leaked online by hackers.