Michael Lang believes Woodstock 50 computers have been hacked, and he thinks a media outlet is to blame.

“It’s just bizarre,” said Lang, the promoter of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair and co-promoter for the 2019 edition scheduled for August.

As media scrutiny of the golden anniversary concert continues to escalate, Woodstock 50 has retained a security consultant to investigate. Lang revealed the hack to the Journal during an interview on Wednesday.

It's the latest hoop Lang and his team must navigate during an already difficult week that began when financial backer Dentsu Aegis backed out of the festival on Monday. Word of the possible hack came shortly after Woodstock 50 production company Superfly told the Journal of its own withdrawal from the festival.

Lang said Woodstock 50's hacking probe has not zeroed in on a target yet and he declined to identify the information that was hijacked. Suspicions of a hack emerged after information that “could only come from one of us” came up in a conversation this week, Lang said.

Of his suspicion of a media outlet, “That would be the only reason I can think of, he said, "it’s news people who are trolling and someone went off the deep end."

Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus, the Lumineers, Common and Carlos Santana are among the dozens of acts scheduled to perform at Woodstock 50, which is scheduled for Aug. 16-18 at Watkins Glen International racetrack in Schuyler County.

Dentsu Aegis on Monday said Woodstock 50 was canceled, but Lang said the show will go on.

Upwards of a half million people descended on Sullivan County Aug. 15-18, 1969 for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Richie Havens, Janis Joplin and others performed at the gathering, which took place against the backdrop of 1960s turmoil.

John W. Barry: jobarry@poughkeepsiejournal.com, 845-437-4822, Twitter: @JohnBarryPoJo