Major Artists' YouTube and Apple Music Pages Compromised in Coordinated Uploads

Overview

• Security-minded observers cataloged unauthorized uploads to verified accounts for Drake, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Playboi Carti, Frank Ocean and D4vd, with multiple leaked songs and trolling files appearing on YouTube and Apple Music.
• Drake’s channel briefly showed the track “Not Like Us” before the video was removed, and other channels displayed unreleased demos and large batches of leaked tracks.
• Reporting so far relies mainly on social-media researchers and snapshot posts by a user called Spectre rather than formal statements from platforms or the artists involved.
• One widely shared theory says attackers published material through a poorly moderated distributor service that allowed uploads to be matched to verified artist pages without breaking account passwords.
• The incident raises risks for artists including intellectual‑property exposure and reputational harm, and it has prompted calls for stronger account and distributor safeguards and for users to review their security settings.