Michael Jackson’s entire back catalog has been stolen by internet hackers,according to the U.K.’s The Sun.
Digital hackers have reportedly stolen the King of Pop’s entire back catalog, including unreleased tracks featuring Queen’s lead singer, Freddy Mercury, and hip-hop star, Will.I.Am. The crooks illegally downloaded over 50,000 digital files worth a reported $160 million.
In 2010, Sony Music paid $250 million to Jackson’s estate for his unheard material from studio sessions, when the pop icon recorded Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad. The deal allowed Sony to release 10 new Jackson albums in years to come.
The attack on Jackson’s music reportedly happened months ago, but Sony has remained quiet until now.
A source told The Sun, “Everything Sony purchased from the Michael Jackson estate was compromised.”
The breach in the security of Jackson’s files was discovered during a routine monitoring of social networking sites, Jackson fan sites, and hacking forums.
theGrio: Paris Jackson claims vocals on King of Pop’s ‘Michael’ faked
According to AOL’s music blog, the hackers could “slowly roll the songs out over a period of years, making obsessive fans shell out big bucks for each new CD.”
Not just Jackson’s work was compromised during the security scandal; unreleased music from Jimi Hendrix, Paul Simon, the Foo Fighters and Avril Lavigne was also hit.
This is not the first time Sony has fallen victim to hacking. In April 2011, the company suffered an enormous security breach where the information of more 77 million Sony PlayStation users was exposed.
Because the second breach happened so soon after the first Sony was reluctant to tell the public and sources within the company said they did not have to because there was no customer data involved.
They added that computer experts had traced the hack to the UK by examining a “fingerprint” allegedly left behind.
The Serious Organized Crime division took up the case and two men appeared in court last week charged with offences under the computer Misuse Act.
They denied all charges and were remanded on bail.
www.PortiaDee.com
www.Youtube.com/PortiaDeeMusic
www.Twitter.com/PortiaDeeSinger
www.Facebook.com/PortiaDee
Like this:
Be the first to like this post.
Tags: Avril Lavigne, Foo Fighters, Hacked, Hacking scandal, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson hacking scandal, Michael Jackson music Hacked, Music, Paul Simon, Portia, Portia Dee Music, Portia Dee Singer, Portia Music, Sony, Sony Entertainment, Sony Music, Sony Playstation, Stolen
Last night was an amazing night of Fashion,Music and Art with Project Ethos and Audi at Avalon Hollywood -To celebrate LA Fashion Week.
