A photo of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s kids leaked, and fans are outraged

Beyoncé and Jay-Z keep much of their private life under wraps, so when a picture of their three children leaked, people were baffled.

» RELATED: Fans were not happy about Omari Hardwick kissing Beyoncé at the NAACP Image Awards

The black-and-white photo shows Blue Ivy posing with twins Rumi and Sir against a backdrop of wildflowers. The snapshot, which has a glare on it, seems to be of a framed photo hanging on a wall.

While it’s unclear who first posted the image, Hollywood Unlocked, an entertainment news site, uploaded it online Wednesday. The brand attributed the picture to another pop culture site, Freeish Media, which posted a screenshot of a tweet from @713beyonce that contained the photo.

Hollywood Unlocked has since removed the picture at the request of the Carters' management, according to Buzzfeed News.

“We received a photo of Beyoncé’s children via an anonymous source and posted the image believing that it had already been posted by the Carters,” the company said in a statement to Buzzfeed. “After receiving a call from Beyoncé’s representative and learning that the image was not authorized we immediately removed it from our platform out of respect for their privacy.”

Freeish Media also deleted the image, and the @713beyonce Twitter account has been deleted.

Although the images have been swiped, fans are still trying to track down the culprit. Many said the photo should have never been leaked, because it’s an invasion of the Carters’ privacy.

Some vowed not to share the photo and encouraged others to do the same.

And a few feared how Beyoncé would react to the leak. Some joked that she might retire from music.