Billy Corgan paid ransom to hacker who threatened to leak new Smashing Pumpkins songs
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Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has revealed he had to pay a hacker's ransom to prevent them leaking songs from the band's new three-part rock opera Atum.
Corgan says a hacker somehow got their hands on material from the new release, the third part of which was made available today (May 5).
And rather than see the band's hard work be spoiled by a leak, Corgan gave in and paid the ransom.
Corgan tells the Klein Ally Show the hacker had possession of some of the most important songs from Atum.
He adds: "They were all probably the most catchy, single-y type songs. So not only is it six months too early, you’re pretty much giving away the album before you even have a chance to set your feet into the ground.
"Somehow, some hacker was offering the files for money, and we were able to trace it and pay off and keep it from leaking. The FBI got involved. I don’t know how they got what they got.
"It was a mercenary person who had hacked somebody, I don’t want to say who, and they had other stuff from other artists. It wasn’t like some Pumpkins fan who was hellbent on breaking it on Reddit. Somehow, they gave some information that allowed the FBI to track them."
Smashing Pumpkins kick off their The World Is A Vampire US tour in July.
(Source: www.loudersound.com)
