Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data
TechCrunch AI Amanda Silberling ● Covered by 2 sources
A hacker breached Suno, an AI music generator, in November 2025 using a supply chain attack to access employee credentials and source code. The leaked code allegedly shows Suno scraped decades of audio from YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius, stock music libraries, and podcast RSS feeds to train its AI system. Record labels suing Suno argue the scraping violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and YouTube's terms of service, though Suno claims its training on publicly available content falls under fair use protections.
Why it matters
The hacker used an employee's credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.
