Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against hackers who leaked her songs and videos for years

Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the currently anonymous hackers who allegedly stole and leaked private content. It aims to “uncover the identities of these currently unknown and unscrupulous individuals,” referred to as “John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 through 100.” The lawsuit also says that “in 2023 alone, 45 unreleased songs were hacked, stolen and leaked,” adding that hundreds of similar leaks have occurred since Grande’s music debuted in 2011.

The stolen content is said to include “still in production, unreleased master shows and demos, footage from recording sessions, music videos, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, as well as album outtakes and photographs.”

The lawsuit accuses the anonymous hackers of selling the content, as well as posting it on social media platforms such as X, TikTok and YouTube. She claims their actions violated her privacy and violated California’s Comprehensive Data Access and Fraud Act, a law against unauthorized computer access that has come up in cases including Sony’s. Sued by George Hotz and Meta lawsuit against Pegasus spyware.

As I mentioned earlier diverseThe lawsuit alleges that hackers repeatedly targeted people who worked with Grande. In one incident in 2019, hackers stole photos of Grande from the photographer’s Dropbox account. The following year, unreleased footage was stolen from a producer’s hacked “mobile device.” In 2024, scammers used phishing emails to obtain unpublished photos from a technician working with one of Grande’s photographers.