--- title: Leslie Jones Jack: Dept. of Homeland Security Investigating description: Homeland Security is investigating a hack that exposed Leslie Jones’ personal information and posted explicit photos on her website canonical: https://time.com/4466548/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-homeland-security-investigation/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-25T18:57:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:04:51.346Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Department of Homeland Security Investigating Leslie Jones Hack og:description: The hack resulted in personal information and explicit photos posted to her website og:url: https://time.com/4466548/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-homeland-security-investigation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75a62c570c47c34/6988a3bcf887dcef02e97301/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-hackers-department-homeland-security-investigating.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Sony Pictures' "Ghostbusters" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Department of Homeland Security Investigating Leslie Jones Hack twitter:description: The hack resulted in personal information and explicit photos posted to her website twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75a62c570c47c34/6988a3bcf887dcef02e97301/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-hackers-department-homeland-security-investigating.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Department of Homeland Security Investigating Leslie Jones Hack by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Aug 25, 2016 6:57 PM CUT  Actress/comedian Leslie Jones arrives at the premiere of Sony Pictures' "Ghostbusters" at TCL Chinese Theatre on July 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Actress/comedian Leslie Jones arrives at the premiere of Sony Pictures' "Ghostbusters" at TCL Chinese Theatre on July 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California.Gregg DeGuire—WireImage/Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Aug 25, 2016 6:57 PM CUT The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a hack that exposed Leslie Jones’ personal information and posted explicit photos on her website. “The investigation is currently ongoing,” the agency told TIME in a statement. “In order to protect the integrity of the case, no further details are available at this time.” Hackers on Wednesday posted photos of the _Ghostbusters_ star’s driver’s license and passport to her website, along with a photo of the gorilla Harambe and [photos of Jones naked](http://motto.time.com/4464720/leslie-jones-hack/ "undefined"). Jones’ website was taken down after the attack. The comedian has been the target of frequent online attacks this summer, and [briefly quit Twitter](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ghostbusters-star-leslie-jones-quits-twitter-online-harassment/story?id=40698459 "undefined") last month after trolls sent her a barrage of messages full of racist imagery and abusive language. Other celebrities, including _Ghostbusters_ director Paul Feig, Katy Perry and Questlove [came to her defense](http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/leslie-jones-hack-reaction-twitter-katy-perry-paul-feig-1201843942/ "undefined") on Wednesday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4466548/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-homeland-security-investigation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4466548/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-homeland-security-investigation/"},"headline":"Department of Homeland Security Investigating Leslie Jones Hack","datePublished":"2016-08-25T18:57:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:04:51.346Z","description":"The hack resulted in personal information and explicit photos posted to her website","url":"https://time.com/4466548/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-homeland-security-investigation/","keywords":["celebrities","hackers","Cyber attack","leslie jones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75a62c570c47c34/6988a3bcf887dcef02e97301/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-hackers-department-homeland-security-investigating.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75a62c570c47c34/6988a3bcf887dcef02e97301/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-hackers-department-homeland-security-investigating.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Sony Pictures' \"Ghostbusters\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Sony Pictures' \"Ghostbusters\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Gregg DeGuire—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4466548/leslie-jones-cyber-hack-homeland-security-investigation/","name":"Department of Homeland Security Investigating Leslie Jones Hack"}}]}] ```