Ariana Grande Takes Legal Action After Unreleased Songs Leaked by Hackers

JAKARTA - Ariana Grande is rumored to have filed a lawsuit against a group of anonymous hackers who are suspected of hacking personal devices and leaking hundreds of unreleased music and video recordings to the public.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles District Court, United States, on Monday local time.

Launching Variety, Ariana Grande's legal team is targeting the hacker group for alleged illegal fraud and hacking schemes. This criminal act is considered to have resulted in the theft, distribution, and exploitation of unauthorized and highly damaging content.

In the lawsuit, the singer's legal team revealed the pattern of crime of the perpetrators who systematically hacked the personal digital accounts of photographers and music producers who worked closely with Grande.

After successfully gaining control of the sensitive data, the hackers sold the exclusive footage to the black market in order to reap huge financial gains.

Ariana's legal action is not only to demand compensation, but also to uncover the true identities of the perpetrators who have been hiding behind anonymous names.

The internal investigation revealed that the act of leaking Ariana Grande's work had been massive since she made her debut in the music industry in 2011.

In 2019, hackers managed to take over the login credentials of a Dropbox account belonging to a photographer who was a subscriber. A year later, the perpetrator broke into the mobile device of a music producer who collaborated with Grande, successfully accessing raw master recordings, demo songs, and unpublished behind-the-scenes video footage.

The escalation of cybercrime reached its peak in 2023. In just one year, hackers managed to access and leak at least 45 raw songs belonging to Ariana Grande to the internet.

Not stopping there, in 2024 hackers launched a new modus operandi by creating fake email accounts and spoofed domains that resembled the identity of official photographers. The trick is used to trick digital technicians into handing over exclusive photo collections belonging to the star.