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8tracks data breach (2017)

In June 2017, the online playlists service known as 8Tracks suffered a data breach which impacted 18 million accounts. In their disclosure, 8Tracks advised that "the vector for the attack was an employee’s GitHub account, which was not secured using two-factor authentication".

Victim
8tracks
records
18.0M
SectorOther
CountryUnited States

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2017-06-27, 8tracks was affected by a data breach. Approximately 17,979,961 accounts were exposed. In June 2017, the online playlists service known as 8Tracks suffered a data breach which impacted 18 million accounts. In their disclosure, 8Tracks advised that "the vector for the attack was an employee’s GitHub account, which was not secured using two-factor authentication".

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#8tracks
  2. 8tracks.comhttps://8tracks.com

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