Overview
- Grande filed the lawsuit on Monday in Los Angeles against unidentified 'John Does' and has demanded a jury trial to force disclosure of who accessed material from her collaborators.
- The complaint alleges hackers used phishing, account takeover and impersonation to access private Dropbox accounts, a producer's phone and other devices tied to photographers and producers.
- According to the filing, attackers stole demos, master tapes, photos and videos and sold those files on the dark web for substantial sums.
- The suit says 45 unreleased Grande songs were leaked in 2023 and that hundreds of similar leaks have occurred since her 2011 debut, framing the case as part of a repeated pattern.
- Grande's team says the case aims to deter future thefts and protect artists' release rights, a concern made sharper by her new album announcement and the legal and technical difficulty of tracing anonymous dark‑web transactions.