Actress Emma Watson arrives on the red carpet at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood
Actress Emma Watson arrives on the red carpet at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Hackers have threatened to leak the nude photos of Emma Watson, according to reports. They are reportedly targeting the actress because of her speech as UN Goodwill Ambassador for Women. Watson, 24, gave an impassioned speech on feminism and general equality at the UN Headquarters in New York on Sept. 21.

A day after the speech, which got her a standing ovation and since has gone viral, a web-page, titled "Emma You Are Next," featuring a photo of Watson next to a countdown, was set up, according to reports. It also featured a 4chan logo. 4chan is the site where the celebrities' nude photos were posted first. The web-page suggested that in four days the "Harry Potter" series actress will be targeted, not specifying how. It was being presumed that Watson's private nude photos are going to be leaked by the hackers.

According to Telegraph, threatening messages, which have now been deleted, were posted on 4chan. "She makes stupid feminist speeches at UN, and now her nudes will be online," the hackers wrote, as quoted by Telegraph. Telegraph has reported that these hackers are believed to be from the same group that had leaked the nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and other celebrities. Earlier this month, nude, semi-nude and revealing photos of several A-list celebrities, mainly of female celebrities, appeared on 4chan and Reddit. The hacker(s) claimed that he has risqué photos of more than hundred celebrities.

At the time, Watson had come out in support of the celebrities who had become victims of phone-hacking and were facing deluge of nasty comments on social media. She said on her Twitter Page: "Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy."

Meanwhile, a new batch of risqué photos of some more celebrities reportedly surfaced on 4Chan and Reddit on Saturday. The victims were Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens and some more celebrities, according to reports. 4Chan and Reddit quickly removed the nude photos from their sites because of their new policy on leaked photos.