Eminyakeni emibili edlule, osaziwayo abaningi baseHollywood babona izithombe zomuntu siqu nezisondelene ziqala ukusakazeka kwi-inthanethi. I-FBI yasebenza ukuze ithole isikhubekiso salokhu kuvuza, yabopha abantu abathathu, ababili babo basebevele basejele izinyanga ezimbalwa selokhu ulivumile icala lakhe esebenzisa inqubo yobugebengu bokweba imininingwane ebucayi, inqubo equkethe ukuthumela i-imeyili kubasebenzisi abaphakamisa ukuthi bashintshe iphasiwedi yabo njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi yonakalisiwe. Le imeyili iqondisa ngokuzenzakalela kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yesevisi, lapho kufakwa igama lomsebenzisi nephasiwedi, lokhu kugcinwa futhi kuhlala kusezandleni zabangane babanye.
Usebenzisa le ndlela, uRyan Collings ufinyelele kuma-akhawunti osaziwayo angaphezu kuka-300 aseHollywood, ethola inqwaba yezithombe ebezigcinwe kuzithombe ze-iCloud ne-Google, ngoba abathintekayo kakhulu babenokonga okuzenzakalelayo emafini wesithombe ngasinye abasithathile . Iwebhusayithi ye-4chain ngokushesha yaqala ukushicilela inani elikhulu lezithombe zabadlali bezintambo ezahlukene njengoJennifer Lawrence, Kaley Cuoco, Scarlett Johansson, Selena Gomez, Winona Ryder ... njalonjalo abalingisi, amamodeli nabahlabeleli baseMelika abangaphezu kwekhulu.
Kuleli sonto kuqulwe icala lokugcina labamangalelwa bakwaCelebgate kanti uRyan Collins, umbhali ophambili walesi sigameko, ugwetshwe izinyanga eziyi-18 ebhadla ejele. Amacala obugebengu bamakhompiyutha e-United States aya ngokuya eshushiswa futhi umthetho usebenza ngamandla, yize ngendlela elinganiselayo selokhu u-Aaron Swartz, umsunguli wenhlangano iReedit, RSS kanye neCreative Commons wazibulala, ngemuva kokulanda amafayela ayewathole ku-MIT, ebhekene nesigwebo seminyaka engu-35 ejele, lapho uhulumeni ayefuna ukwenza isibonelo ngaso.