A gigantic data leak has taken place at Deezer.
The hacker behind this leak is currently spreading the data of hundreds of millions of users.
Several million users affected
More precisely, there are 257 million users of the music streaming platform whose data is made available by this pirate. This information was obtained from 2019 by taking advantage of an error made by a (former) partner of the French company, we learn Zataz.
Indeed, this company would have misconfigured the storage space for user information, which would have allowed the first-time hacker to get their hands on it. Since then, a large malicious business has emerged thanks to the recovery and sale of all the data.
And the war chest is substantial, since it represents a total of 260 GB of data, including geolocations, IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth and e-mail addresses.
Deezer does damage control
What to do badly for the French specialist in online music, and this, even if obviously the data leaks are nothing particularly new. A giant as solid as Samsung was again the victim of such a leak this summer.
And Deezer had already communicated on the problem last November, in order to minimize it. ” Data that may have been exposed includes basic information such as first and last name, date of birth and email address. In other words, no information concerning passwords or details relating to one or more means of payment have been leaked. “, had then made a point of specifying the direction.
But if no one should have their bank account targeted, knowing that their personal data is in the wild is nothing very pleasant. Bad publicity for the company, which is just recovering from its extremely difficult IPO, and which forced it to refocus its strategy. We hope that 2023 will be less hectic for Deezer!
Source: Zataz
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Thanks to a very full catalog (and particularly pleasant for lovers of French-speaking songs), an easy-to-use interface that is very pleasing to the eye, a multiplicity of paid offers and lossless FLAC sound quality (for the Deezer HiFi), Deezer stands out as one of the most serious services on the audio streaming market today. Despite its many qualities, it nevertheless suffers from a price that is a little too high compared to the competition to benefit from the best sound quality, which perhaps prevents it from tickling the market leaders.
Thanks to a very full catalog (and particularly pleasant for lovers of French-speaking songs), an easy-to-use interface that is very pleasing to the eye, a multiplicity of paid offers and lossless FLAC sound quality (for the Deezer HiFi), Deezer stands out as one of the most serious services on the audio streaming market today. Despite its many qualities, it nevertheless suffers from a price that is a little too high compared to the competition to benefit from the best sound quality, which perhaps prevents it from tickling the market leaders.
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