Ariana Grande sues hackers who leaked music and videos

Pop star Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against two unidentified hackers who, she claims, leaked unreleased music and studio footage after gaining access to her collaborators’ computers.

In papers filed in Los Angeles and reported by US media outlets, the singer alleged the hackers had targeted photographers and producers’ in order to access material that was sold “on the dark web” for “significant sums of money”.

“In 2023 alone, 45 unreleased songs belonging to Ms Grande were hacked, stolen, and leaked,” the documents said. “Since her music debut in 2011, hundreds of similar leaks have taken place.”

Her lawyers said she was initiating legal action to uncover the identity of the hackers.

Grande has previously expressed her desire to hold hackers accountable for leaking unreleased music.

During an interview with the Zach Sang show in 2024, she spoke about a song called Fantasize, written with Swedish pop savant Max Martin, which went viral after being posted online.

“We were – before I left for Wicked – a few studio sessions that I did which are all over TikTok, thank you so much, I’ll see you in jail. Literally,” she said.

“Those were all written for a TV show, for something that was not for me, so Fantasize comes out, crazy, was stolen… These pirates, crooks, illegal!”