Ariana Grande Takes Legal Action Against Hackers Who Leaked Her Music
Pop diva Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against two unidentified hackers, alleging they breached her collaborators’ computer systems to smuggle and sell 45 unreleased tracks and studio footage on the dark web.
The court documents say the attackers targeted photographers, producers, and digital technicians over several years, siphoning out unreleased masters, demos and intimate rehearsal footage. In 2025, according to the suit, a hacker accessed a producer’s mobile device to download demos, while a prior year email scam convinced a technician to forward unreleased photos to the attackers.
Grande’s lawyers claim the hacks have inflicted “substantial and irreparable harm” by breaching her privacy and disrupting her career. The singer is seeking damages for invasion of privacy, violations of California computer‑hacking statutes and conversion of her intellectual property. “The malicious intrusion and the subsequent disruption of my career have caused bodily and psychological harm,” her counsel wrote.
Her legal action arrives just as she prepares to drop her eighth studio album, Petal, this Friday and to complete a world tour that is set to hit the UK in August. Grande had previously hinted that the tour would be the last for “a long time” and described the upcoming performance as a “one‑last-hurrah” for her fans.
The singer has been vocal about her distrust of hard‑to‑track hacking in the music industry. In a 2024 interview with the Zach Sang show, she highlighted a leaked silent track, “Fantasize,” written with Max Martin, and warned against the “pirates, crooks, illegal” threats to her unreleased work.
The lawsuit therefore not only demands financial reparations but also seeks to publicise and deterring future thefts by exposing the identity of the hackers. This legal battle is one of the many instances of artists using litigation to safeguard digital assets in an increasingly fragmented media ecosystem.
Further updates on the case and its implications for artist‑piracy rights will be released as the court process unfolds.
