Jetzt hat es also auch Spotify erwischt. Offenbar wurden Userdaten und Aktivitaeten innerhalb der Plattform abgegriffen, wobei Spotify jedoch beteuert, dass weder Zahlmethoden noch Passwoerter abgerufen wurden.

Weiter geht es mit der lustigen Reihe der Datenlecks. Heute im Angebot: Spotify. Soeben schickte der Anbieter des gleichnamigen Musik-Streamingdienstes seinen Usern eine Email in der auf einen “unauthorisierten Zugriff auf Userdaten” hingewiesen wird, was im Klartext sich dann so anhoert:

Hello, 
We’ve become aware of some unauthorized access to our systems and internal company data and we wanted to let you know the steps we’re taking in response. As soon as we were aware of this issue we immediately launched an investigation. Information security and data protection are of great importance to us at Spotify which is why we’re contacting you today. 

Our evidence shows that only one Spotify user’s data has been accessed and this did not include any password, financial or payment information. We have contacted this one individual. Based on our findings, we are not aware of any increased risk to users as a result of this incident. 

We take these matters very seriously and as a general precaution will be asking certain Spotify users to re-enter their username and password to log in over the coming days. 

As an extra safety step, we are asking all Android users to upgrade their app using the following instructions: 

Google Play (most Android users):
Most users will automatically receive a message within the Spotify application asking them to download and install a new version of Spotify that looks like this: 

If you don’t see this message within your Spotify application in the next few days, please use this link to go straight to Google Play to install the latest update, which will guide you on how to install the new version of Spotify. 

Amazon AppStore for Android (e.g. Kindle Fire):
We will update your application over the coming days. If Spotify prompts you for an upgrade, please follow the instructions. 

As always, Spotify does not recommend installing Android applications from anywhere other than Google Play or Amazon Appstore. At this time there is no action recommended for iOS and Windows Phone users. 

Please note that offline playlists will have to be re-downloaded in the new version. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes, but hope you understand that this is a necessary precaution to safeguard the quality of our service and protect our users. 

We have taken steps to strengthen our security systems in general and help protect you and your data – and we will continue to do so. We will be taking further actions in the coming days to increase security for our users. 

Oskar Stål, CTO, Spotify

Somit raten wir allen Android Usern sich die neueste Version der Spotify App zu goennen und darauf zu hoffen, dass keine Passwoerter und Kreditkarten-Daten abgezogen wurden. Zur Sicherheit waere eine Passwort-Aenderung ja nicht zu viel verlangt, oder?