Hacked off ... Lady Gaga in Sydney, Australia on 14 July 2011. Photograph: Dean Lewins/EPA
Thousands of fans' details have been stolen after Lady's Gaga's UK website was hacked by a group of cyber attackers.
SwagSec made off with names and email addresses, although the singer's label claimed no financial data had been taken.
The hackers breached Lady Gaga's server on 27 June, taking information from fans who created accounts on the site. "All those affected have been advised," Universal Music said. "We take this very seriously and have put in place additional measures to protect personally identifiable information ... There were no passwords or financial information taken."
This is SwagSec's fourth music-related hack in recent months; in July, it defaced the websites of Amy Winehouse and Lauren Pritchard, hacked a Justin Bieber contest, and threatened to target Gaga and Klaxons. As they boasted of their victory over Lady Gaga's digital security, the hackers once again asked rapper Lil B to acknowledge them. "All we asking for iz a lil SwagSec mention on a track," they wrote. "We lovin the new Bill Bellamy [single] (much swag) but where [are] the [shout-outs]?" SwagSec has embraced Lil B as a kind of mascot, plastering his face across its pages.
SwagSec claim to be defenders of gay rights, making its attack on Lady Gaga a little mystifying. She is a vocal LGBT activist, lobbying against discrimination in her songs and public appearances. But either SwagSec doesn't believe her, or its pro-gay persona is a joke.
