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Hackers Threaten to Release Iggy Azalea Sex Tape

By E. Alex Jung

So this Iggy Azalea–Azealia Banks beef is spinning out of control. Hackers posting under the Twitter handle @TheAnonMessage jumped into the fray Friday night, threatening to release still images from an alleged sex tape of Iggy Azalea unless she publicly apologizes to Azealia Banks and the protesters of the #blacklivesmatter movement. The account posted a string of tweets last night saying they would bring Iggy Azalea down further than Bill Cosby, calling her a " trashy bitch" and promising "a life of suffering" unless she complies with their demands.

TheAnonMessage \a@TheAnonMessage
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We apologize for our followers with regards to this following statement: Fuck you, @IGGYAZALEA. #ICantBreathe

3:23 AM - 20 Dec 2014

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TheAnonMessage \a@TheAnonMessage
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Trashy bitch.

3:23 AM - 20 Dec 2014

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TheAnonMessage \a@TheAnonMessage
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We have so much shit on you, your scandal would be bigger than Bill Cosby's.

3:24 AM - 20 Dec 2014

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TheAnonMessage \a@TheAnonMessage
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MESSAGE: @IGGYAZALEA, you have exactly 48 hours from now to release a statement apologizing to @AzealiaBanks and the protesters in NYC...

3:31 AM - 20 Dec 2014

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TheAnonMessage \a@TheAnonMessage
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You are guilty of misappropriating black culture, insulting peaceful protesters, and making light of Eric Garner's death. @IGGYAZALEA

3:33 AM - 20 Dec 2014

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There's an X rated tape of you, we bet you'd certainly don't want public, are we right? @IGGYAZALEA....and this is nothing. Comply or else.

3:55 AM - 20 Dec 2014

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DJtannerBure 13 minutes ago

YOU MIGHT BE A NARCISSIST IF you get behind a faceless armature of a 'movement' that pranks people out of shame and envy and youre surprised when it doesnt stand for all of your ideals

AAA5 21 minutes ago

I don't like her but Anon lost my respect with this. It is misogynistic actually. SO, you're not for all the people. And what does she have to apologize for? I haven't found any insults to Banks please enlighten me.

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@AAA5 it isn't Anon.

erica.taylor 52 minutes ago

#backtoafrica

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gixi 1 hour ago

0 - 100 real quick

sengorn.leopardus 1 hour ago

I guess someone got seriously peeved at her comments...It's just one person in my opinion, although being a public figure does give the slight possibility that her opinion can influence a great many people.

jordan.stanley 1 hour ago

If you know anything about Anonymous it that anybody can be a member. There is no single organization or group. @TheAnonMessage do not need to part of the 'real anonymous' as this group does not exist. In other words there is no 'real anonymous' as 'anonymous' itself is an concept not a single group of hackers.

PansexualGoddess 1 hour ago

@jordan.stanley Anonymous is everybody and nobody.

sarah.mack 1 hour ago

@jordan.stanley I understand what you are trying to say, however the ORIGINAL ANNON would not stoop so low as to start feuding with celebrities. They have much more important matters on their plate such as a teen burned over 98% of her body and the police not doing anything about it? There is many out there that believe that they are part of ANNON as it is not a group with a memebership but their goals are obviously different.

Frank.Castle 23 minutes ago

@sarah.mack Which teen are you referring to?

mandeejo 37 minutes ago

@jordan.stanley People seem to be forgetting that Anonymous originated off of 4chan's board /b/. In the beginning, Anonymous was a small non-profit organization. They stood up for the things they believed as a whole, though others would always rise to disagree. However, in my opinion, Anonymous has gone downhill from what they originally stood for. The last real riot they did that wasn't influenced by money and the media was when they attacked the Church of Scientology. Personally, I believe that Anonymous was better when they were that small organization that nobody had heard of.

AAA5 20 minutes ago

@jordan.stanley But how can everyone post form their Twitter? Oh right, it's a group of hackers XD

Imiko 2 hours ago

Don't think that's the "official anonymous" twitter... And even if it is, why is it okay for them to Black-Mail someone, just because they don't like what she said? Whether we agree with her or not, she still has the right to her beliefs. Freedom of Speech is still a thing in America.

#FirstAmendmentAnyone?

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robert.challen 1 hour ago

@Imiko it's not ok, it's illegal

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jason.jackson 36 minutes ago

@Imiko Well, maybe if you bitched more about North Korea being able to dictate what is shown in your theaters and less about the free speech of a twit celebrity, maybe we wouldn't be here.

Seriously, priorities, people.

Frank.Castle 20 minutes ago

@jason.jackson It's idiots like you, who fail to realize that all speech should be protected, from North Korea's attempts to censor all the way to some "twit celebrity" (by the way, the "dictating" they did directly related to "twit celebrit[ies]" so...) who are as big a problem as censorship is, itself.

ALL speech matters. Free Speech, as a concept, as an idealogy, as a right, and as a rule, encompasses ALL speech, or none. To fight for one is no more noble than to fight for another.

thirddegreeburns 2 hours ago

Way to do your research.....

adamkomar 2 hours ago

The fact that this article hasn't been edited to say @TheAnonMessage isn't Anonymous shows this is all about trashing people and groups for the sake of site traffic and ad revenue.

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tomsiebert 2 hours ago

As said before but can't be said enough, @TheAnonMessage is not Anonymous. This is bullish!t.

Yanks34 2 hours ago

The protesters are filthy scum just like Eric garner and Michael brown.

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thirddegreeburns 2 hours ago

@Yanks34 I do hope that when all hell breaks loose, you get trampled for that remark - and rightfully so.

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Frank.Castle 17 minutes ago

@thirddegreeburns @Yanks34 Rightfully so, how? Justify your comment, please. I'd love to hear your rationale.

One's opinion, for no other reason than it's opposition to your own, justifies death how exactly?

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@Frank.Castle @thirddegreeburns @Yanks34 Its not necessarily opposition to my own opinion - but simply an incredibly ignorant thing to say. All protesters are filthy scum? For what reason? Do explain that one.

somesay.isayamal 3 hours ago

Yeah, @TheAnonMessage isn't actually anonymous. Check the real anonymous twitter (@YourAnonNews) and they say so.

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mike.wright 3 hours ago

why do people make sex tapes anyway? just enjoy sex when you are fortunate enough to get some. unless, of course, you made the tape so that it could be stolen and uploaded to the internet so that the everyone on earth sees it.

Frank.Castle 17 minutes ago

@mike.wright Virgin, much?

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whodatjormp 3 hours ago

Wow. Of all the great injustices in the world the one battle they choose to get involved in is a rapper fued? I thought they wanted the world to take them seriously. Didn't a bunch of them go to jail? Is the B squad running things now?

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bobhey 3 hours ago

@whodatjormp your ignorance is showing.

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tom.ellis 3 hours ago

@bobhey @whodatjormp I'd say it's a fair question. Anon makes a serious miscalculation here, in that Iggy has built her entire career upon being trashy and controversial. They're feeding it, by making her more controversial. If they release her tape, they just make her look trashy. How is this a threat?

adamkomar 2 hours ago

@tom.ellis @bobhey @whodatjormp That account isn't Anonymous.

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mike.wright 3 hours ago

@whodatjormp now you are on the B team's radar. brilliant!

JamieDonnely 3 hours ago

The general consensus I've found among various Anon points of contact is that they do NOT stand behind @TheAnonMessage in this. This is childish and petty and goes far off message. Don't buy into the easily packaged headline, this isn't what Anonymous is all about.

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micheal.blake 4 hours ago

this is just out right trash sorry Anon but you are picking the wrong battle here, it seems to me you had good causes before and now you are just throwing it away. well i guess you want your fifteen minutes of fame well you got it.

somesay.isayamal 3 hours ago

@micheal.blake it turns out this wasn't the real anonymous twitter. @TheAnonMessage isn't actually Anonymous, and the real anonymous twitter @YourAnonNews made sure to distance themselves from these posers.

TheBigShark 4 hours ago

The term "cultural appropriation" is racist. Everyone borrows from everyone. Didn't any of you watch "School of Rock"?

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zach.harmon 4 hours ago

It would amuse me to no end if she simply took the alleged sex tape and released it herself. They lose leverage, and have to rethink their threats. But I don't think Ms. Azalea is that smart.

But should they release her alleged tape, in partial or full, it likely won't hurt Azalea's career, and more likely will draw the ire of multiple groups, including feminists and humanist- some of which are likely in anonymous themselves.

Harassing a celebrity for callously disregarding recent events for added infamy (something many celebs are known to do) seems rather pointless.

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whodatjormp 3 hours ago

Agreed. Isn't releasing that tape basically a kind of sexual violation? Seems like an ugly resort to take simply because they want to get their foot in the door of a rapper turf fight.

diparodyandcommentary.com 3 hours ago

@zach.harmon If she were getting blackmailed for just about any other offense, then yes, she should just put it out there. Like when David Letterman admitted live on-air that he had an affair with a staffer.

But I don't think the reason she doesn't go ahead and release it herself is because she's not "smart" enough. It's probably because she doesn't want a sex tape of herself released for public viewing!

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tom.ellis 3 hours ago

@zach.harmon I don't think Azalea can make a bad choice, here. Her entire public persona is about being controversial and trashy. If her sex tape leaks (from her or someone else), it will just reinforce what she's already put out there.

For her, there really is no such thing as bad publicity.

thirddegreeburns 2 hours ago

@tom.ellis @zach.harmon and for the record, her public persona is not at all about being "trashy" - that's just your personal opinion.

thirddegreeburns 2 hours ago

@zach.harmon doubtful there is even a sex tape considering that's not even Anonymous

ilde.furtado 4 hours ago

WTF anonymous. You can't fight racism with sexism. This is such a facepalm moment.

In Anon's defense, Anonymous is anonymous. there is no leader. Just hackers who meet up and organize. It's not democratic either. So this just sounds like a few rogue anons getting pissed off. But the thing is anyone can use the name anonymous if they want. Anyone can buy a Guy Falkes mask if they want. There is no copyright. So the entire group shouldn't be written off just for this (and a few other) missteps.

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A.J.Sharp 2 hours ago

@ilde.furtado Also in Anonymous's defense, THIS THREAT WAS NOT POSTED BY ANONYMOUS. As approximately twelve million previous comments have noted (and as should be noted in the article itself) this is some wannabe outfit trying to appear to be Anonymous.

gredy.blomspot 4 hours ago

I found full Iggy Azalea sex tape on this site

http://allcelebs4u.com/iggy-azalea-sex-tape/

ppoor 5 hours ago

Come on Anon...this is too petty for you guys and now I'm afraid you guys have Jumped the Shark with this last foray.

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mo.hurely 5 hours ago

Great job reporting bozo. They did not threaten to release the tape, but proof it exists. They specifically stated they will not release it numerous times.

isa.shisha 5 hours ago

So THIS is what Anon chooses to use its time on? Now THEY have become the harassers...for what? Nobody gives two cents about what Iggy Azalea thinks or does. Meanwhile HUNDREDS of people are blowing up the ANON forums asking wtf they have done NOTHING regarding the cyberattacks on sony and our media. Anon refuses to answer. Instead they are busy cussing out females and wasting time on stupid crap that does NOT matter. Like posting the top songs used for torturing. This benefits us how?? ANON has apparently forgotten what and who they stand FOR...now its just a platform for their own personal vendetta's to be played out on. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

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tom.friedman 5 hours ago

@isa.shisha what was that about anon not doing anything regarding the cyber attacks on Sony... http://www.inquisitr.com/1691688/anonymous-announces-vengeance-on-north-korea-for-sony-hack-with-opripnk/

ButterPecanRican 5 hours ago

I was over Anon and their shenanigans years ago. Lately I've started to respect them a little bit. After this, I'm back at being over them. I'm sorry but this is petty crap. Back in the day rappers had it out on their respective albums.. in 2014, hackers pick a side and get involved.

I honestly couldn't care less what Iggy has said that was inappropriate. We're adults, get over it. Stop being so sensitive. This is turning into a country of whiny cry-babies.. WAAAHHH SHE SAID SOMETHING MEAN.. WAHHH.

For the record I'm not a fan of either of these women. I'm just SO TIRED OF THE SENSITIVITY CRAP.

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QuantumVirus 3 hours ago

@ButterPecanRican I agree. Anon is on just as much of a power trip as the police.

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michael.macdonald 5 hours ago

I probably agree with the message, I'm not sure what it is, but I don't agree with the methods. Hacking for the lulz is one thing, getting political and blackmail is another. Anonymous has turned into Maury Povich unleashed.

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