Actress and model Kate Upton poses for photographers as she arrives for the UK Gala screening of The Other Woman in London
Actress and model Kate Upton poses for photographers as she arrives for the UK Gala screening of The Other Woman in London April 2, 2014. REUTERS

On Sunday, photos of numerous female celebrities leaked online after an alleged hacker shared the photos online. The celebrities are ready to take action against the culprit. Kate Upton is set to take down the hacker who is behind this massive leak on the internet. The photos of celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Adriana Grande went viral after a phone hack.

The model's attorney, Lawrence Shire has released a statement to Us Weekly.

"This is obviously an outrageous violation of our client Kate Upton's privacy. We intend to pursue anyone disseminating or duplicating these illegally obtained images to the fullest extent possible," attorney Lawrence Shire told Us.

Personal images of Upton and her 31-year-old boyfriend Justin Verlander were leaked.

Apart from Upton, Jennifer Lawrence also opened up about the massive photo leak. The actress' rep also released a statement and called it a "flagrant violation of privacy."

"This is a flagrant violation of privacy. The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence."

Meanwhile, Victoria Justice tweeted and called the photos of her fake.

These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now. *pun intended*

— Victoria Justice (@VictoriaJustice) August 31, 2014

Also, Ariana Grande's spokesperson informed Buzzfeed that "the photos are completely fake." Mary Elizabeth Winstead tweeted about the photo leak scandal. Check out her tweets below.

Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked. — Mary E. Winstead (@M_E_Winstead) August 31, 2014

To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves.

— Mary E. Winstead (@M_E_Winstead) August 31, 2014

These personal photos of celebrities were obtained because of an Apple iCloud leaked.

The leaked photos were uploaded on 4chan in order to earn bitcoins. Also, the hacker claims to possess 60 naked selfies and explicit videos of Lawrence.

According to Buzzfeed, the user behind the hack also uploaded two screenshots of his desktop with images of celebrities.

On Monday, Redditors pointed that a man named Bryan Hamade from Georgia is behind the leak. However, Hamade rubbished the claims made by the Reddit users. Read more, here.

4chan claims to have nude photos of Selena Gomez, "Big Bang Theory" star Kaley Cuoco, Mary-Kate Olsen, Hayden Panettiere, Lea Michele and various other celebs.