SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
95 pointsby technonerd2 days ago4 comments
  • owlninja2 days ago
    The HN post from earlier when the VPN ban speculation started:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46269891

  • elashri2 days ago
    What is the relation between blocking VPN and data breach? why would this be a reasonable response? Is it to prevent mass login attempts using VPNs to mark origin or what?
    • PunchyHamster2 days ago
      I'd imagine knee-jerk reaction when they noticed hacking and just started to blanket ban IP ranges to access their entire infrastructure
  • eterm2 days ago
    My SoundCloud account seems to predate my use of 1password and I didn't seem to migrate it.

    Uh oh.

    I hope they have a nice GDPR compliant deletion policy and my account is long gone.

    • WelcomeShorty2 days ago
      Just checked and my account was created (and last used) in 2013...

      So at least they get some old accounts to become active again :D

  • password-app2 days ago
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    • nstart2 days ago
      Curious... Why does VPN access disruption suggest the breach may be deeper than initially disclosed?

      My understanding is that this prevents anonymous access to servers which would help during investigation if any further unauthorized access showed up. But it doesn't confirm that unauthorized access continued. Just curious how you are thinking about this though.

    • Brajeshwar2 days ago
      Please say more about the Password Rotation. Where, how, which?
      • baobun2 days ago
        You are replying to submarine marketing.
      • nguyenkien2 days ago
        Go change your password. And do it for every website you reuse that password.
        • Brajeshwar2 days ago
          The keyword was, “automated password rotation tools.”
          • zdragnar2 days ago
            Your question didn't include the words automated or tools, and your incomplete "where, how, which" was ambiguous enough to apply to the idea of password rotation generally rather than the tool's interactions with them.
    • thenthenthen2 days ago
      What is ‘The Password App’? As in the built in ‘Passwords’ app?