Ghostbusters and Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones was the victim of a vicious cyberbullying attack today when hackers hacked her website and released her private nude photos, according to The Advocate.
Jones, who recently returned from covering the Rio Olympics with her special brand of enthusiasm and humor, has taken her website down following the invasive attack during which the hackers also released her driver’s license and passport information.
The perpetrators supposedly accessed her information via her iCloud account, according to TMZ.
Sadly, this is not the first time Jones has been the victim of cyberbullying at the hands of cowards behind keyboards. Openly gay right-wing cyberbully Milo Yiannopoulos, a tech editor for the ultra-conservative Breitbart “News,” led a hate-fueled, racist, misogynist campaign on Twitter against Jones at the time of Ghostbusters’ release.
The upside of the hate, however, is that Twitter users have come to Jones’s defense in droves with #IStandWithLeslie(Jones).
Questlove got to the heart of the matter.
\u201cthese acts against leslie jones....are sickening. its racist & sexist. it's disgusting. this is hate crimes. this aint "kids joshing round"\u201d— Dr. Love (@Dr. Love) 1472060999
This user sent a simple message of love.
\u201c#IStandWithLeslie love is stronger than hate! Stop being mean to people that don't deserve it!\u201d— Ashley Kelly (@Ashley Kelly) 1472077947
This one calls out misogyny.
\u201cThis vile attack on @Lesdoggg is proof positive that a lot of men out there are in fact small minded little boys.\n\n#IStandWithLeslieJones\u201d— MightyAfrodite (@MightyAfrodite) 1472074727
This user sent her appreciation to Leslie.
\u201c@Lesdoggg is beautiful and hilarious. #istandwithlesliejones & am inspired by her resilience and commitment to her dream. #istandwithleslie\u201d— Marvelous Ms. Kay Gull (like kegels) (@Marvelous Ms. Kay Gull (like kegels)) 1469323408
As did this one.
\u201c#IStandWithLeslieJones @Lesdoggg you are beautiful smart & funny https://t.co/IyptL6eeDY\u201d— Kathryn Taylor Smith (@Kathryn Taylor Smith) 1469138279
This user is ready to do more than just stand with Leslie to make the hate stop.
\u201c#Istandwithlesliejones #LeslieJones @Lesdoggg because #hate & bullying of any sort is wrong #AssWhoopingTour\u201d— Optimistic Realist \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffd (@Optimistic Realist \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffd) 1469127109
This one called out racism and misogyny.
\u201cIts a sad day when a woman is tortured for having a job #IstandwithLeslieJones. #shameonyou you racists jerks\u201d— Kendra Mei Chailyn (@Kendra Mei Chailyn) 1468986376
This one is plain and simple.
This Tweeter called out the hateful cowards who use keyboards as shields.
This one called out racism with some Ghostbusters knowledge.
\u201cI wish I could smack racism out of the world as quickly as Patty smacked Rowan's ghost out of Abby in #Ghostbusters #IStandWithLeslie\u201d— Amy M. Jokinen (@Amy M. Jokinen) 1468934293
This one just said it like it is.
\u201c#istandwithLeslie Because she's a great woman doing her job wonderfully and it's pure racism and misogyny being directed at her.\u201d— Louie Stowell (@Louie Stowell) 1468920750
The Good Wife star Josh Charles sent Leslie his love.
\u201cI love Leslie Jones and #IStandWithLeslie\u201d— Josh Charles (@Josh Charles) 1472080269
