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Were they unique and/or generated passwords each time, or was it a password you have used else where? It is unlikely to be a Spotify breach, but if the passwor
by graystevens 9y ago
Were they unique and/or generated passwords each time, or was it a password you have used else where?
It is unlikely to be a Spotify breach, but if the password was unique to Spotify then that certainly adds a little more weight to the argument.
Usually it is simply a case of ‘credential stuffing’, where other data breaches are checked against other common/popular websites, with the goal of finding accounts that work and can be sold to others for illegal use (TV streaming services etc.)
Overview of credential stuffing can be seen here: https://breachinsider.com/blog/2017/credential-stuffing-how-breached-credentials-are-put-to-bad-use/ https://breachinsider.com/blog/2017/credential-stuffing-how-...
- IpV8 9y agoDefinitely possible. I don't do completely unique passwords, but do do a tweak on a standard password that was unique to my spotify account. Also a quick google of 'pastebin spotify 2018' shows quite a few lists of emails and passwords posted rather recently. I suppose there is no way to know one way or another, either way I just went in and randomized my bank/email passwords to be safe.