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Joseph CoxonBluesky1d ago
New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
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Accuracy94%
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Analysis Summary
A hacker breached Suno's systems last November and shared the company's source code with 404 Media, revealing that Suno scraped music from YouTube Music plus content from Deezer, Genius, Freesound, Jamendo, and other stock music libraries to train its AI. This confirms years of speculation among musicians and music industry groups that Suno built its models without licensing or compensating the original artists whose work was used. The leaked data shows Suno went to lengths like using proxy services to scrape YouTube content including acapella versions, systematizing access to copyrighted material at large scale.
Claims Analysis (4)
“Suno was hacked and the hacker sent source code”
Multiple outlets (404 Media, TechCrunch, Engadget, Variety) confirm a breach via supply chain attack in November 2025 that gave hacker access to Suno source code.
“The source code shows Suno scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius”
All five search results confirm these three platforms were among Suno's scraping targets, with specific references to source code documentation showing these sources.
“Suno scraped decades worth of music from the internet”
Source code reveals specific time volumes: 113,879 hours of YouTube content alone, plus additional content from Deezer, Genius, stock libraries, and podcast RSS feeds. This represents substantial scope over many years of music availability, though 'decades' is slightly imprecise language—the actual scraping likely covers music uploaded over decades but was performed more recently.
“Suno did not pay artists for the scraped content”
The factual basis—that content was scraped—is verified. The characterization that this constitutes non-payment to artists is a reasonable inference from unauthorized scraping, but the post does not cite evidence of what licensing agreements or payments Suno may have made separately. This is editorializing the underlying verified fact.
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