Searches for Sydney Sweeney ‘leak’ photos causing carnage online

Pervs searching for risque images and footage of breakout Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney are getting a nasty surprise.

Sydney Sweeney is going viral — and it’s not just because people can’t stop talking about her appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Users on X can’t stop searching for “leaked” lewd photos of the actress, and they’re being met with a flood of spam and possible malware.

“If you’re catching obvious malware because you were looking for sydney sweeney’s boobs on Twitter you’re beyond help,” wrote Samantha Cole, who reported about the scam results for 404 Media.

Another user quipped: “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you were looking for scandalous pictures of Sydney Sweeney on Twitter, you’re in for a lot of malware … I, uh, heard.”

Stop searching for Sydney Sweeney. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Searches for the trending topic on Monday afternoon turned up sites with links with malicious popup adware that hijacks browsers and floods them with popups.

The content trended in violation of X’s rules and policies after Sweeney, 26, hosted the NBC sketch comedy show on March 2.

The “Euphoria” actress’ physical appearance on “SNL” — during which she portrayed a Hooters waitress and donned a tight dress that showed off her cleavage — had also sparked flattering essays in conservative outlets like Canada’s The National Post and the US version of The Spectator.

People searching for images like these of Sydney Sweeney online are getting a nasty surprise. Picture: X

In addition to becoming a vehicle for spammers, Sydney Sweeney’s appearance became outsized fodder in the political discourse following her “SNL” hosting gig. Picture: Michael Tran/AFP

Think-piece writers editorialised that her bosom was a weapon against “woke culture”.

One tweet, from conservative commentator Richard Hanania, sparked some confusion: “Wokeness is dead,” he captioned the video.

Fellow conservative commentator Ian Miles Cheong agreed, sharing the same footage as proof that “wokeness is so finished.”

Sydney Sweeney attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Sydney Sweeney attends the Miu Miu Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 5. Picture: Arnold Jerocki/Getty

A former Democratic congressman even shared — then deleted — a meme that suggested President Joe Biden was ogling her as he prepared to deliver the State of the Union address last week.

The malware associated with the trending topic — which itself betrays users’ desire for pictures that would violate Sweeney’s privacy — came just weeks after a fake sexually explicit video of podcast host Bobbi Althoff trended on the site, according to NBC News, and on the heels of deepfake nude images of pop star Taylor Swift going viral on X.

404 Media claimed that the spam content is thriving on X because of how “under-moderated the platform” is under Elon Musk.

The platform, formally known as Twitter, has grappled with a proliferation of hate speech, misinformation, spam and as a result, lost advertisers since the mega-billionaire bought the platform in 2022 with the intent to make it a “free speech bastion.”

This article was originally published by the New York Post and reproduced with permission