BTS V and BLACKPINK Jennie are in trouble as sensitive personal photos are leaked one after another.

In the end, a netizen who claimed to have leaked the photo himself and whose identity was not confirmed opened a Telegram chat room and publicly said, "I am trying to contact both V and Jenny."



Sensitive personal photos have been circulated three to four times since last month, starting with the photos V and Jennie took together in the waiting room.

Netizen X, who admitted that he had leaked the photos in question, opened Twitter and his account was suspended.



There, netizen X said, "I will no longer publish the photos." But after just a few days, he overturned his position and released photos of them kissing their foreheads and captured photos of them having a video call.



Some have raised the possibility of a composite photo, but it seems that the possibility is low as the agencies of both sides have not made a statement about the 'composite photo theory'.

Expert A, who had encountered many cases of hacking damage in the past, speculated that "the possibility of hacking a mobile phone or account seems to be the highest."



Person A, who requested anonymity, said in a phone call with SBS entertainment news reporters, "When we judged the sensitivity and rarity of the photos, it was reported that the person who opened Twitter and Telegram had hacked the cell phone or account of one of the hacking victims. In the case of hackers, they have a tendency to show off their hacking. (Netizen X) may have provided a hacker rental (contract) service because of the assertion that 'I am not a hacker'."


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However, Mr. A looked down on the possibility that V or Jennie's private SNS account was hacked.



He said, "The possibility that only the two victims uploaded a lot of sensitive photos on private social media seems low. One of the two mobile phones seems to have a problem. The attacker (hacker) hacked the phone account or through a secondary combination There appears to be access to the cell phone. It appears that the photo of the two of them having a video call has been leaked, and the captured photo may have been leaked, but the attacker may have recorded a video call. It would have been the easiest way to get it.”



If so, what does netizen X want?

In the case of actors Joo Jin-mo and Ha Jung-woo, who had their cell phone accounts hacked and their private text messages hacked in 2019, it was revealed that they were crimes aimed at money.

Netizen X, who admitted that he leaked V and Jenny's private photos, is also making similar threats.



White hacker A said, "Hacking crimes against companies are 100% for money. After hacking, we negotiate. In the case of hacking crimes against individuals, we aim for privacy. For celebrities, hacking itself is money. It is more effective to ask for money while exposing sensitive personal life than asking for it. In addition, the possibility of doing this to win the favor of celebrities cannot be ruled out,” he added.



Recently, it has been reported that illegally transacting personal information for hacking, mainly on the dark web, occurs frequently.

To prevent this, he emphasized that there is no other way than to maintain security by yourself.



Mr. A said, "Because primary authentication is too weak, it can be a target for hacking crimes. It is good to practice multi-factor authentication called 'N-th authentication'. Large portal sites have such a device. On the other hand, the source Users should be wary of downloading unknown applications, and never click or open suspicious links or files to prevent damage.”





(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kang Kyung-yoon)