Madonna: Police arrested hacker who stole my songs

An undercover Israeli police investigation in collaboration with the FBI led to the suspect, Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.

“The Tel Aviv resident, born in 1976, was believed to have stolen work from a number of artists and sold it online,” Samri said. “We have confiscated many materials and computer equipment from the suspect’s house and investigations are still under way.”

The stolen material included “songs that haven’t yet been released, sketches of songs, photos and other personal material,” Tamir Afori, Madonna’s attorney in Israel, told Haaretz.

“This invasion into my life — creatively, professionally, and personally — remains a deeply devastating and hurtful experience,” she said, “as it must be for all artists who are victims of this type of crime.”

CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz and Jareen Imam contributed to this report.

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