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SoundCloud breach affects about 29.8 million accounts
User data was taken and later used for extortion. HIBP confirmed the count in January.
- Organisation
- SoundCloud
- Disclosed
- 15 December 2025
- Affected
- 29,800,000
- Data
- Emails, profile data
- Attacker
- ShinyHunters
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “SoundCloud breach affects about 29.8 million accounts”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 15 Dec 2025. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2025-12-15-soundcloud-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/have-i-been-pwned-soundcloud-data-breach-impacts-298-million-accounts/.
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