Bad actors have taken advantage of the frenzy of interest surrounding actress Sydney Sweeney in X.
Scammers have bombarded the platform with malware links when people search for photos of the famous Sweeney bust, which was on display. in Thursday’s GLAAD Media Awards.
The posts include a link that purports to take curious users to their explicit photos, but redirects people to a site filled with malware waiting to infect computers.
Cybersecurity experts said that if you clicked on one of the links hoping Sweeney would put up with everything, you should close the page and install an ad blocker immediately.
Actress Sydney Sweeney will take on X, but not because she showed off her voluptuous cleavage at Thursday’s GLAAD Media Awards.
404Media detected the malicious ‘Sydney Sweeney Leak’ campaign earlier this week, but posts continue to flood the Elon Musk-owned platform which has no specific regulations for such content.
Links take users to Linktree sites, allowing them to create custom pages for the links they want to share on the platforms.
The posts also include a blurry video or images of the actress that make it look like the poster actually has the nude images of Sweeney.
404Media discovered that the links redirect users to sites such as thaudray.com and waufooke.com, which display malicious pop-ups upon arrival.
Cybersecurity company Malwarebyte warned that people who are redirected to certain sites risk clicking on an “unwanted browser extension or malicious program.”
“Your browser may be redirected to Waufooke.com due to a malware infection on your device, push notifications from malicious sites, or by being redirected from another website you visited,” the experts shared in a blog post.
Users of the platform are frantically searching for her nudes, prompting countless ‘Sydney Sweeney Leak’ posts.
The posts feature a link that purports to take curious users to their explicit photos, but redirects people to a site filled with malware waiting to infect computers.
‘Less reputable sites may display malicious ads that redirect your browser to Waufooke.com to generate advertising revenue.
“If this happens, you should close the page and consider installing an ad blocker, such as AdGuard, to block these types of ads. If you continue to see Waufooke.com pop-ups, your computer may be infected with a malicious program and you should scan your device for adware and remove it.”
Sweeney attended the GLAAD Media Awards last night, revealing her world-famous cleavage in a skin-tight ice blue dress with a dangerously plunging neckline.
The 26-year-old screen star, who rose to fame showing off the flesh on the racy HBO series Euphoria, also hosted Saturday Night Live on March 3.
Sweeney took the stage in a form-fitting white dress that hugged her toned figure and was greeted with applause from the live audience.
The 26-year-old screen star, who rose to fame showing off the flesh on the racy HBO series Euphoria, also hosted Saturday Night Live on March 3.
The star is from a rural town on the Idaho border, but has transformed into an American face in recent months due to her roles in Euphoria and HBO’s The White Lotus.
Speaking of his upbringing, he said in 2022: ‘It’s a different way of life out there. It is very simple. Family is everything.’
Sweeney, who was the valedictorian of her class, dedicated herself to a number of extracurricular activities and was on her school’s soccer, baseball, snow slalom skiing, and robotics teams.
He also juggled wakeboarding, golf, softball, skiing, and mountain biking, and was even a member of an academic club called Math Is Cool.
The Idaho native got her start as a Hollywood guest star on many television shows, including Criminal Minds, 90210, Kickin’ It, and Grey’s Anatomy.
After getting her foot in the door, Sweeney began landing some bigger roles, first in the second season of the hugely successful The Handmaid’s Tale.
She appeared in seven episodes of the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale as Eden Blaine.
But her big break came in 2019 when Euphoria aired for the first time.
The show is the cable channel’s most-watched program after Game of Thrones.
Starring Zendaya, Maude Apatow, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Shafer, Angus Cloud and Sweeney, the series redefined Gen Z school dramas.
At first, she was told she wasn’t right for the role of Cassie, a sweet, popular girl who is deeply insecure and sleeps around.
They told him not to bother even attending the audition.
Her agent fought for her and she submitted a tape and the rest is history.
He next starred in the HBO Max satirical murder comedy-drama The White Lotus.
Sweeney played cynical college sophomore Olivia Mossbacher, daughter of Mark Mossbacher (Steve Zahn) and Nicole Mossbacher (Connie Britton) in the series.
And she remains happily engaged to fiancé Jonathan Davino, despite sparking baseless affair rumors with co-star Glen Powell.