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Nude Pictures Posted On Leslie Jones' Personal Website, Report Says

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Leslie Jones' personal website was reportedly hacked on Wednesday.

The New York Times reported apparent nude photos of the "Saturday Night Live" and "Ghostbusters" star were posted, along with her driver's license and passport.

A video of the gorilla Harambe, who was killed in May after a young boy fell into his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, was also posted.

The site was taken offline after the hack.

This was not the first time Jones was the target of racist abuse.

Last month, Jones dealt with a wave of racist tweets following criticism of the "Ghostbusters" reboot.

"I'm so tired of it. Why is this still a fight? I want to hate so bad but I can't because I know it doesn't fix anything and just make me sad," Jones tweeted in July.

Jones called on Twitter to strengthen guidelines and for users to "stop letting the ignorant people be the loud ones."

Following Jones' harassment, Twitter announced two new settings that will allow users to control what they see in their feeds and what notifications they receive.

Twitter said in a blog post that it has modified its notification settings to include the ability to see only notifications from people they follow. It's also introducing what it calls a "quality filter" that it says can improve the quality of tweets users see. Twitter says the feature will filter out duplicate tweets or content that appears to be automated.

Twitter banned one user in response to the Jones incident.

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