U2's record label was responsible for the leak of the band's upcoming album, it was reported today.
No Line On The Horizon, the Irish rocker's 12th studio album, was leaked online two weeks before its official release of March 2nd.
Rolling Stone magazine reported that the leak was traced back to Universal Music Group's Australian branch, which was selling high-quality downloads of the new album at Getmusic.au this week.
By the time the mistake was realised, the album had already been downloaded and shared across the internet.
The band and their label have yet to comment, although reports this week suggested that U2 were angry about the early leak after taking several measures to ensure the security of the album.
But the band are still planning to stream the album in its entirety on MySpace today.