Bryan Hamade (Picture: Imgur)

An international hunt for a hacker thought to be behind dozens of leaked naked photos of celebrities has closed in on a 4chan user called Bryan Hamade.

Hamade, who goes by the online username BluntMastermind, was forced to issue a denial today after Reddit users began posting alleged ‘evidence’ of his part in the mass hack.

‘Evidence’ included screenshots of his computer, which were said to reveal his hard drive and network drive details. These were then allegedly ‘linked’ back to the PC name attached to the original 4chan naked photo file release.

The 27-year-old American from Lawrenceville, Georgia, drew attention to himself after trying to sell photographs of Jennifer Lawrence in the nude for $100 bitcoins on Reddit.




But Hamade later denied being the source of the hack, which allegedly saw 101 celebrities’ photographs stolen, calling himself an ‘idiot’ for the attempted sale.

He told Buzzfeed today: ‘I am not behind this. It was so stupid — I saw a lot of people posting the actual leaks and bitcoin addresses and I’ve read a lot about bitcoin and how they are valuable and I thought, oh cool I’ll get free bitcoins.

‘I am just an idiot who tried to pull one over on 4chan and lost big time and stupidly left this identifying information. They took my proof and back traced it — it isn’t remotely true. I am not a hacker. I have no idea how the hell someone could hack into all those accounts’.

Some of the ‘evidence’ presented by users on Reddit claiming it shows how Hamade was behind the hack (Picture: Imgur)

His denial comes as a new message was posted to the hacker’s 4chan account claiming he was on the run.

The user, called ‘OriginalGuy’ on the site, also claimed it was a group of hackers behind the leak and he was the ringleader.

He confirmed the hack had taken them several months to complete.

He wrote: ‘Guys, just to let you know I didn’t do this by myself.

‘There are several other people who were in on it and I needed to count on to make this happened (sic).

‘This is the result of several months of long and hard work by all involved. We appreciate your donations and applaud your excitement.

‘I will soon be moving to another location from which I will continue to post.’

The FBI has said it is investigating.