Pop star Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against two unknown hackers who, she claims, leaked unreleased music and studio footage after gaining access to her colleagues' computers, reports UNN citing the BBC.
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In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles and published by US media, the singer alleges that the hackers targeted photographers and producers to gain access to materials that were sold on the dark web for "significant sums of money."
"In 2023 alone, 45 unreleased songs belonging to Ms. Grande were hacked, stolen, and made public," the documents state.
"Since her musical debut in 2011, there have been hundreds of similar leaks," the documents indicate.
Her lawyers stated that she is initiating legal proceedings to uncover the identities of the hackers.
Grande has previously expressed a desire to hold hackers accountable for leaking unreleased music.
During an interview with Zach Sang Show in 2024, she spoke about a song titled Fantasize, co-written with Swedish pop musician Max Martin, which went viral after being posted online.
"Before I went into Wicked, [there were] a few studio sessions I did that ended up all over TikTok. Thank you very much, see you in prison. Literally," she said.
"All of it was written for a TV show, for something that wasn't for me, so Fantasize came out crazy, it was stolen... These pirates, fraudsters, illegally!" she stated.
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