MJ’s unreleased tracks £160m stolen by hackers

Record company bosses paid 156 million pounds to the late singer’s estate in 2010 for the catalogue,including unheard material from studio sessions when the superstar recorded ‘Off The Wall’,‘Thriller’ and ‘Bad’.

“Everything Sony purchased from the Michael Jackson estate was compromised,” the Daily Express quoted a source as telling the Sunday Times.

“It caused them to check their systems and they found the breach. There was a degree of sophistication. Sony identified the weakness and plugged the gap,” the source said.

The haul is also said to include a duet with the late Freddie Mercury and the ‘Black Eyed Peas’ rapper.

The attack was discovered weeks after hackers targeted Sony’s PlayStation Network in April 2011,but was only confirmed by a Sony Music representative on Saturday.