It was recently revealed that 14 more tracks from Madonna’s upcoming album, Rebel Heart, have been leaked online. Previously it was reported that 13 early demos from the album were also stolen. Media reports say that the new tracks include collaboration between Madonna and Pharrell William).
This news again highlights the difficulties of protecting creative content and other personal information, following the recent hack of Sony Pictures. Madonna admitted that the scale of the theft meant that perhaps her own computer had been hacked. In other words, she doesn’t blame anyone connected to making the album.
After the tracks were leaked, the singer swiftly released 6 official tracks from new album, which is not due out until March, on iTunes. As a result, Madonna immediately became No.1 in the iTunes chart in 36 countries.
It should be noted that Madonna was not the only one in the music industry to suffer high-profile music leaks – even though security measures become tougher and tougher. Back in 2013, Kenya West’s album Yeezus leaked in full on the Internet in advance of its release. However, Madonna’s case was different, because the hacker stole not only music, but also images that she had never seen before.
While many musicians face the leak of their songs a few days ahead of their official release, security expert point out that sometimes hackers have different reasons to attack. For instance, the hack of Sony Pictures is suspected of turning into a diplomatic row after the hacking ring that calls itself Guardians of Power took responsibility for the leak and then issued threats against people who might see the controversial movie The Interview on its release. As a result, the movie studio had to pull the movie.
This news again highlights the difficulties of protecting creative content and other personal information, following the recent hack of Sony Pictures. Madonna admitted that the scale of the theft meant that perhaps her own computer had been hacked. In other words, she doesn’t blame anyone connected to making the album.
After the tracks were leaked, the singer swiftly released 6 official tracks from new album, which is not due out until March, on iTunes. As a result, Madonna immediately became No.1 in the iTunes chart in 36 countries.
It should be noted that Madonna was not the only one in the music industry to suffer high-profile music leaks – even though security measures become tougher and tougher. Back in 2013, Kenya West’s album Yeezus leaked in full on the Internet in advance of its release. However, Madonna’s case was different, because the hacker stole not only music, but also images that she had never seen before.
While many musicians face the leak of their songs a few days ahead of their official release, security expert point out that sometimes hackers have different reasons to attack. For instance, the hack of Sony Pictures is suspected of turning into a diplomatic row after the hacking ring that calls itself Guardians of Power took responsibility for the leak and then issued threats against people who might see the controversial movie The Interview on its release. As a result, the movie studio had to pull the movie.
