Spotify denies having suffered a data breach

29. April 2016

During this week credential data from hundreds of Spotify users was posted on the internet. This data includes country of registration, user name, password and type of account.

However, Spotify denied having suffered a data security breach. Furthermore, a company spokesman stated that they monitor certain websites regularly in order to find out if user credentials have been stolen and check if these credentials are authentic. If so, they inform the user and request a password change. Despite the statement of the spokesman, several users confirmed that their playlists had been accessed and their passwords and associated e-mails changed.

Spotify has suffered during the last years several hacker attacks. The last occurred in November 2015 and also user data was made public. Regarding the data posted online this week, the company states that it could affect data related to previous hack attacks.

Category: Data Breach · General
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