Leslie Jones' website goes offline after reportedly being hacked

Leslie Jones' official website has gone dark, reportedly after it was hacked to display images of private documents and nude photos of the actress.|

Leslie Jones' official website has gone dark, reportedly after it was hacked to display images of her driver's license and other private documents. The apparent hack, reported by TMZ and TheWrap, also reportedly included nude photographs of the actress, possibly accessed from her iCloud account.

Racist trolls recently drove the actress to take a break from Twitter, just days after the release of the "Ghostbusters" reboot in which she starred. The harassment prompted Twitter to suspend several accounts, and the company promised to introduce new anti-abuse measures in the coming weeks in response.

Two years ago, hackers dumped the stolen, private photos of celebrities -- the vast majority of them women -- onto the Internet, an incident eventually known as "Celebgate." A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty earlier this year to a felony violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for his part in the attacks. According to the plea agreement, Ryan Collins used a simple email phishing scheme in order to access more than a hundred iCloud and gmail accounts.

A representative for Jones did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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