{"id":11948,"date":"2016-04-26T14:58:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=11948"},"modified":"2020-02-26T11:08:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:08:58","slug":"change-your-spotify-password-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/change-your-spotify-password-again\/11948\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu change your Spotify password\u2026 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We know that our drumming on the importance of changing your passwords frequently can seem like overkill to many of our readers. However, to help prove the importance of this, we only have to look back to February when we were discussing reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/spotify-accounts-leak\/11365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Premium Spotify accounts<\/a> being shared on the Dark Web.<\/p>\n<p><em>That story and advisory on passwords was just 67 days ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today, there are reports of hundreds of account credentials being shared as a <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/04\/25\/hundreds-of-spotify-credentials-appear-online-users-report-accounts-hacked-emails-changed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">list on Pastebin<\/a> \u2013 Talk about D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. This list includes users around the globe and lists out account type, email and login information.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Spotify is denying that they have been breached and this list could also be from a previous data breach; so this is definitely a story that will be worth keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you use <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Spotify?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#Spotify<\/a>? You may want to check your password 100s of account published <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/darkweb?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#darkweb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h5qNYbfQ5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/h5qNYbfQ5c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gFxBqFzwlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gFxBqFzwlo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/700773593312055296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">February 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With that said, TechCrunch spoke with some of the users who were compromised and a few noted that they were kicked out of their session in the middle of streaming music.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you are a Spotify customer, it would not be a bad idea to change your password.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you use the same email or password for other accounts, you should probably change those as well. The reasoning behind this is that with user credentials, hackers will try them on other sites to see what other access they can get. And sure in this case it may be \u201cjust music,\u201d but think about what could happen should this data be tied to say \u2014 your bank account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How strong is your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/password?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#password<\/a>? Check it here: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9ILaxq503k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/9ILaxq503k<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9Pm0SGc4n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/P9Pm0SGc4n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/internet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#internet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/security?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#security<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/infosec?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#infosec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/634790730138054656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">August 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For a strong password, we advise following\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationsecuritybuzz.com\/how-to\/3-tips-create-perfect-password\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">these tips<\/a>\u00a0from one of our GReAT researchers, David Emm. Also if you have trouble remembering a tough password, we advise that you use a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/password-manager?_ga=1.178030629.1206795307.1461221583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">password manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify users\u2019 account data once again found its way onto Pastebin. 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