Researchers have recently identified a potential credential filling operation, and the hackers targeting the users who have Spotify accounts. The origins of the operations are unknown, but it was confirmed that it had affected some online users who likewise have Spotify accounts.
The threat actors are using the credentials stuffing method; it is a hacking method that takes advantage of weak passwords that users apply and usually reuse these passwords online.
The users have charged that their Spotify accounts were hacked soon after the passwords were altered, and some new playlists are being resembled in their profiles; not only this, but they also affirmed that their family accounts had strangers that are added from some other countries.
Event Summary
There is a full packed summary of the incident that we have mentioned below:-
- Company targeted: Spotify
- Company Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
- Industry: Music Streaming and Media
- Size of data in gigabytes and number of records: 72 GB; 380+…