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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Ariana Grande sues hackers who allegedly sold unreleased music and photos online

Ariana Grande at the Critics Choice awards in Los Angeles in January.
Ariana Grande at the Critics Choice awards in Los Angeles in January. Photograph: Richard Shotwell/AP

Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against hackers who she alleges have stolen unreleased music, as well as private photos and video footage, and sold them online.

Grande filed the lawsuit in a Los Angeles court on Monday. It doesn’t name the hackers, who are referred to with the generic name John Doe. Grande will look to have them identified during the legal process “in order to hold them accountable for their invasive and reprehensible conduct”, the lawsuit reads.

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