Soundcloud confirms data breach - user info stolen, here's what you need to know

• SoundCloud confirms unauthorized system access and data breach
• Some 20% of its users had their emails and public information nabbed
• Sources claim attack was carried out by ShinyHunters

SoundCloud has confirmed suffering a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive data on about a fifth of its user base.

In a data breach notification posted on its website, SoundCloud said it “recently” detected unauthorized activity in an ancillary service dashboard.

A subsequent investigation discovered a “threat actor group” accessed certain data, which mostly includes user emails and information otherwise visible on public SoundCloud profiles. The company said the breach affected roughly 20% of its users which, according to multiple sources, equals roughly 28 million users.

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