Hilary Duff is fighting back after becoming another celebrity target of a fake 'nude photos' leak.
The 26-year-old former "Lizzy McGuire" actress reportedly contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claiming that the nude photos of the star that surfaced on the interment are fake, according the New York Daily News.
A representative for the "Chasing the Sun" singer said that the woman in the graphic images does not have "defining birthmarks or tattoos," adding that Duff has a tattoo of an anchor on her left ankle, which the woman in the picture does not have.
The representative added that anyone who states otherwise, regarding the fake photos, will "meet legal recourse." A source told E! News that Duff is disgusted by the situation.
"What kind of world do we live in where someone can just take nude photos of any person from the neck down and then claim they are a celebrity and try to sell those?" the source said. "And now that is the celebrity's problem to deal with simply because some lunatic said it's them? Because hey, why bother hacking anyone when you can just stop at a strip club and take a naked photo from the neck down and it's any celebrity you want it to be."
The former Disney darling in one of several female stars that have fallen victim to the hacking and leaking of racy and nude pictures online.
Other celebrities receiving negative media attention due to alleged naked pictures are Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Teresa Palmer, Krysten Ritter and Kate Upton. The pictures were reportedly stolen from online file storage and posted online without the celebrities' permission.
The FBI is investigating the matter along with Apple, which operates the online file storage service iCloud, where most of the pictures were reportedly found.
"The FBI is aware of the allegations concerning computer intrusions and the unlawful release of material involving high profile individuals, and is addressing the matter," FBI Spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said in a statement, according to NBC News. "Any further comment would be inappropriate at this time."
