Overview
- Grande filed the complaint in Los Angeles on Monday to sue unnamed defendants so the court can compel subpoenas, pursue discovery and identify those behind a multi‑year hacking campaign.
- The filing alleges attackers used phishing, impersonation and other hacks to access accounts of collaborators rather than Grande’s own accounts, targeting photographers, producers and a technician to reach her files.
- The complaint sets out a timeline of breaches including alleged 2019 access to a photographer’s Dropbox, a 2020 intrusion of a producer’s phone that took masters and demos, a 2023 theft and leak of roughly 45–50 unreleased songs, and a 2024 impersonation using a Gmail account and domain to obtain private photos.
- Lawyers say stolen files were sold for “considerable sums” and widely distributed online, and the suit seeks to stop ongoing exploitation and recover economic and privacy damages.
- The case is at an early stage with no public arrests or rulings, and the complaint highlights supply‑chain risks for artists and could prompt wider industry and law‑enforcement scrutiny of cloud, device and social‑engineering vulnerabilities.