Emma Watson nude photo leak was an 'elaborate hoax'

Picture threat is followed by another 'hoax within a hoax' orchestrated by serial internet spammers

Emma Watson at the UN
(Image credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty)

The threat to publish stolen nude photos of actress Emma Watson has been revealed as a hoax - which appears to be part of a labyrinthine plot devised by a shadowy online marketing company, purely designed to generate page views on the internet.

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