Adam Ray, the man who voiced Slimer in this summer’s “Ghostbusters” reboot, believes that the hack of Leslie Jones‘ personal website will only “make her stronger.”
“This is probably going to give her a strong 20 minutes,” he told TMZ. “It’s not going to knock her down dude, it’s only going to make her stronger.”
On Wednesday, the actress’ Tumblr was hacked, with the perpetrator(s) posting personal photos from her iCloud account, which included several nude shots as well as pictures of her passport and driver license. Jones’ phone number and the password to her Twitter account were also purportedly displayed.
The hack of Jones’ site, which has been taken offline, also featured YouTube video of the gorilla Harambe, who was killed in an Ohio zoo earlier this year. Jones was the victim of repeat racist harassment online leading up to the release of “Ghostbusters,” with some Twitter users comparing her to Harambe.
She fought back against the harassment in July, calling out certain commenters for being both racist and sexist for their comments about the all-female reboot of the film.
“I’ve known her since I started doing stand up nine years ago,” Ray added. “She’s one of the coolest, strongest, funniest people on the planet and it’s f—ing bulls—. I shot her a text saying, ‘I’m sorry you even have to go through this. You have this amazing gift that you are trying to share with the world,’ and she does on a daily basis make so many people happy.”
The hack is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security.
“ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York does currently have an open investigation,” the agency told TheWrap on Thursday. “As a matter of agency policy, we are unable to disclose any information related to an active investigation.”
And that may not be the only government group hot on the case. Earlier this morning, TMZ reported that the FBI was “developing a strategy for tracking down” Jones’ hacker.