British model Daisy Lowe and her former boyfriend the actor Matt Smith have become the latest celebrities to have intimate private photos stolen and published online.

Around 20 intimate photos of the couple, taken with their mobile phones before their break up in 2013, have been shared on a discussion and news-sharing site.

Lowe joins a long list of celebrities targeted by hackers leaking naked photos online, including Rihanna, Rita Ora, Kate Upton, Kim Kardashian and Cat Deeley, as well as Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence and others.

Dozens of intimate pictures of Lawrence were released in the first leak in September.

It is thought Smith is the second male celebrity to be targeted in the recent wave of photo hacks.

Smith and Lowe have not yet commented on the situation.

‘It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime’

Lawrence broke her silence on the hacking in early October saying that it was a “sex crime”.

“It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime,” Lawrence told Vanity Fair in an interview. “It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting.”

Nude photos of Lawrence were allegedly stolen from the actor’s Apple iCloud account and published by hackers on the website 4chan and shared on Reddit along with naked photos of around 100 other female celebrities.

Apple has denied any form of security breach, suggesting weak user names, passwords and security questions allowed the hackers to guess the combination.

It is unclear whether the new images of Smith and Lowe are part of that original hack.

FBI investigating

Nude pictures of Nick Hogan, son of wrestler Hulk Hogan and a reality TV star in the US, were also reportedly leaked on 5 October. A fourth batch of naked celebrity photos were reportedly released on Monday.

The FBI confirmed at the beginning of September that it is investigating the hacking of celebrity nude photos, including those of Lawrence.

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