Ariana Grande is taking another step in her legal battle against the people she alleges stole and distributed her unreleased music. According to a new report, the 33-year-old singer has asked a California judge for permission to subpoena internet platforms and other third parties that could help identify the anonymous individuals behind the alleged hacking campaign.
According to TMZ, Ariana Grande’s legal team filed new court documents requesting authorization to obtain business records from online platforms believed to hold information capable of revealing the identities of the alleged hackers. The filing comes weeks after the pop star sued a group of unidentified “John Doe” defendants in Los Angeles Superior Court over what she describes as years of cyberattacks targeting her creative work.
The latest request is aimed at uncovering subscriber information, account records, login data and other identifying details that investigators believe could expose those responsible. Ariana Grande’s attorneys argue they have spent years attempting to identify the individuals involved, but claim the suspects have hidden behind anonymous online accounts and peer-to-peer payment services.
The underlying lawsuit, filed on July 27, 2026, alleges that hackers compromised the digital accounts and devices of photographers, producers and other close collaborators to obtain unreleased songs, studio footage, music video materials and private images. Court filings state that 45 unreleased songs were stolen and leaked in 2023 alone, while Ariana Grande has allegedly dealt with hundreds of similar security breaches since launching her recording career in 2011.
The complaint also details several alleged incidents spanning multiple years, including the theft of Dropbox credentials belonging to a photographer in 2019, the compromise of a producer’s mobile device in 2020 and phishing schemes in 2024 that allegedly tricked members of her creative team into handing over sensitive files. Grande contends that some of the stolen material was later sold on dark-web marketplaces while other content surfaced across social media and file-sharing platforms.
Her legal team argues that expedited subpoenas are necessary because delays could result in critical records being deleted before investigators can obtain them. Beyond protecting her own work, the lawsuit also frames the action as an effort to discourage similar attacks against artists whose unreleased music and private creative materials increasingly become targets for online theft.
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