Footy fans give AFL nude photo leak a rude nickname as single email revealed to have sparked scandal
Footy fans give AFL nude photo leak a very rude nickname – as a crucial email has been revealed to be key to the scandal that came to light and shocked the league
AFL fans have grossly nicknamed the massive leak of nude photos this week as the way the nude photos came to the attention of football clubs and the league has been exposed.
The AFL has been baffled following the rise of the nude photo scandal, which was reportedly exposed by a single email sent to a club containing explicit images of one of its most prominent players.
The club is not based in Victoria.
Then, around 6 a.m. Thursday, the 498 megabytes of content in the Google Drive titled “AFL Nudes” disappeared after being widely distributed online for at least 24 hours.
The disc reportedly contains real nudes and deep fakes of current and retired players.
Foot fans have dubbed the scandal “DikiLeaks,” in reference to the infamous WikiLeaks organization, which was formed in 2006 to publish controversial material from anonymous sources.
The AFL is investigating the massive leak of nudes and deep fakes that affected 45 past and current players and their families
Before the footage was released to the internet, a single player from an AFL club outside Victoria was targeted
The leaked footy photos also drew comparisons to the 2014 celebrity nude photo dump that was roughly dubbed “TheFappening.”
Unlike the 2014 leak where Apple iCloud accounts were hacked, this situation appears to involve images shared through social media apps or possibly a ‘sextortion’ scheme, raising questions about its authenticity and provenance of the images.
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While some photos and videos are recognizable and date from different time periods, others are shockingly explicit or clearly manipulated.
With the help of Google engineers, the AFL confirmed that the images had been removed early Thursday morning, about 30 hours after the league was notified.
What now remains of the link is the alphabetical list of the names of players involved in the scandal.
“The next step is to have the Drive removed and the link to Google,” an AFL spokesperson told the Announce sun.
Cybercriminals use private images and deepfakes to extort money from famous identities, as they did with the infamous 2014 release of celebrity nudes
The images have been shared in a Google Drive link and although the images have been removed, the names of the players remain (in the photo, with the names of the stars hidden)
This list of the big names involved has also sparked panic and fear among players, player managers and the wider footy community.
A star who chose to remain anonymous revealed that his first call was to his wife to explain the resurfacing of old photos.
It’s a gross invasion of privacy. It’s just not fair,” he said.
Recognizing the seriousness of the situation, the AFL Players’ Association immediately contacted all past and present players involved and condemned the scandal as a terrible invasion of privacy.
“We will support our affected members through our legal and welfare services. This is a police matter and we will continue to assist where necessary,” the AFLPA said in a statement.
It is clear that individual clubs are also dealing directly with the situation with their former players affected by the scandal.
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