Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against a group of unidentified hackers, alleging they illegally accessed digital devices and accounts to steal and leak unreleased songs, recording-session footage and other private material.
According to Variety, the lawsuit was filed on Monday in Los Angeles and names several unidentified “John Does” as defendants. Grande alleges they carried out phishing attacks and hacking schemes that resulted in the “unlawful and egregious theft, dissemination, and exploitation of unreleased content.”
The lawsuit claims the hackers targeted the personal digital accounts of photographers and producers who worked closely with the singer. After gaining access, they allegedly stole confidential files and sold the material for “significant sums of money.”
Grande is seeking to identify those responsible through the legal action so they can be held accountable.
The lawsuit states that she is pursuing the case to “uncover the identities of these currently unknown and unscrupulous individuals in order to hold them accountable for their invasive and reprehensible conduct.”
It also says, “It is imperative to Ms. Grande to ensure — on behalf of herself and others — that such conduct is deterred to the fullest extent possible.”
According to the filing, the security breaches span several years. The lawsuit claims hundreds of leaks have occurred since Grande launched her music career in 2011.
It alleges that hackers obtained the login credentials for a photographer’s Dropbox account in 2019. In 2020, they allegedly hacked the mobile device of a producer who had worked with Grande and accessed unreleased master recordings, demos and footage from recording sessions.
The lawsuit further claims that hackers gained access to 45 unreleased songs in 2023 before leaking them online.
It also alleges that, in 2024, the defendants created a fake Gmail account and domain name impersonating a photographer to persuade a digital technician to send unreleased photographs belonging to Grande.
A representative for Grande did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
