Los Angeles, March 20 (IANS): Intimate pictures of Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner snuggling have leaked online.

It is believed that the One Direction star has been the target of phone hackers after the intimate photographs of the pair cuddling began to pop up on social media site Twitter on Saturday.

Even fans of the British boyband are outraged at the release of the images.

One shows Jenner in a skimpy bikini perched atop the 22-year-old Styles' lap, while another series of pictures capture her arm wrapped around him, who isn't wearing any trousers, as he turns his face towards her.

One outraged fan has taken to Twitter and claimed the photos come from Style's mother, Anne Cox's phone.

"Which account hacked Anne's iCloud? Who do I have to fight? Give my boys and their families some privacy(sic)"

Whilst another agreed with the sentiment and penned: "How disrespectful can you get? Hacking into Anne's iCloud..have some respect for people's privacy and personal life. So rude."

A person, who goes by the Twitter username @haarrystyles, has come forward to claim responsibility for hacking the account and claims to have access to the Style's fresh solo music.