{"id":2064768,"date":"2026-07-28T00:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2064768"},"modified":"2026-07-28T00:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:56:02","slug":"ariana-grande-sues-hackers-over-leaks-of-unreleased-music-unlawful-and-egregious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2064768","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Sues Hackers Over Leaks of Unreleased Music: \u2018Unlawful and Egregious\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAriana Grande is suing unnamed hackers who she claims have repeatedly stolen and leaked unreleased music, photos and video footage, saying they have violated the \u201csacred relationship that exists between her and her fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a lawsuit submitted to Los Angeles court Monday (July 27), the pop star\u2019s attorneys say the hackers have targeted her photographers and producers, allowing them to carry out \u201cunlawful and egregious\u201d thefts of her private content. They say 45 of her songs were stolen and leaked in 2023 alone.<\/p>\n

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    \n\t\u201cNeither Ms. Grande nor any other public or private figure should have to suffer such violations caused by these wrongdoers who hide in the shadows and wreak technological havoc with impunity,\u201d the star\u2019s lawyers write. \u201cIt is imperative to Ms. Grande to ensure on behalf of herself and others that such conduct is deterred to the fullest extent possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe lawsuit does not name any actual defendants; instead, it names anonymous \u201cJohn Doe\u201d hackers. Grande is aiming to use the lawsuit to unmask them, potentially through court-ordered subpoenas to internet service providers.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cMs. Grande initiates this action to uncover the identities of these currently unknown and unscrupulous individuals in order to hold them accountable for their invasive and reprehensible conduct,\u201d her lawyers write.<\/p>\n

    \n\tGrande\u2019s lawyers say she has \u201cconstantly and recently been the target of cyberattacks,\u201d resulting in theft of her music, photos and video that are \u201cpart of her personal and professional creative process and that are not intended for public consumption.\u201d After these thefts, the hackers have then \u201csold this personal data and content on the dark web for significant sums of money.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe lawsuit claims Grande has faced \u201chundreds\u201d of such leaks since 2011, including a 2019 theft of \u201cstill-in-production, unreleased masters and demos and footage,\u201d as well as two attacks in 2024 that saw unreleased photos of the star stolen in phishing scams.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cThis malicious invasion of Ms. Grande\u2019s privacy and disruption of her career have caused her substantial and irreparable harm due to this breach of privacy,\u201d her lawyers write. \u201cThe unauthorized misappropriation and disclosure of these materials is a violation of Ms. Grande\u2019s identity and artistry, and the direct and sacred relationship that exists between her and her fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tIn technical legal terms, Grande is suing the unnamed hackers for invasion of privacy, violation of California computer hacking laws, and conversion \u2014 the civil law equivalent to the crime of theft.<\/p>\n

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2255783087-e1785199407888.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Ariana Grande is suing unnamed hackers who she claims have repeatedly stolen and leaked unreleased music, photos and video footage, saying they have violated the \u201csacred relationship that exists between her and her fans.\u201d In a lawsuit submitted to Los Angeles court Monday (July 27), the pop star\u2019s attorneys […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2064768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2064768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2064768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2064768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2064768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}