Multiple High-Profile Data Breaches at SoundCloud, Pornhub, and 700Credit
SoundCloud, Pornhub, and 700Credit have each confirmed significant data breaches impacting millions of users. SoundCloud reported unauthorized access to an ancillary service dashboard, affecting approximately 20% of its 140 million users—about 28 million people. The exposed data included email addresses and information already visible on public profiles, with no passwords or financial details compromised. The incident also caused temporary connectivity issues for some users, particularly those using VPNs, due to configuration changes made during the response. Pornhub notified select Premium subscribers that some user data was exposed following a breach at Mixpanel, a third-party analytics provider, but emphasized that sensitive information such as passwords, payment details, and government IDs were not affected. Pornhub had ceased using Mixpanel in 2021 and was informed of the breach by the vendor.
700Credit, a US-based provider of credit and identity verification services, suffered a third-party supply-chain attack that compromised the personal information of approximately 5.6 million individuals. The breach, which occurred between May and October 2025, involved unauthorized access to names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers through a compromised API used by one of 700Credit's integration partners. 700Credit has since shut down the affected API, notified federal authorities, and is offering credit monitoring to victims. These incidents highlight the ongoing risks posed by third-party service providers and the importance of timely breach notification and response.
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SoundCloud confirmed unauthorized access to an internal/ancillary service dashboard that enabled attackers to correlate **hidden email addresses** with information already visible on public SoundCloud profiles, impacting roughly **29.8 million accounts** (about **20%** of its user base). Exposed data was primarily **email addresses** plus public-profile metadata (e.g., usernames/display names, avatars, follower/following counts, and other profile statistics); SoundCloud stated **no passwords or financial data** were accessed. Users also reported service disruptions around the time of the incident, including access issues such as `403 Forbidden` errors (notably when connecting via VPN), consistent with post-incident security changes and response actions. Reporting attributed the intrusion and subsequent extortion attempt to the **ShinyHunters** group, with SoundCloud later acknowledging the actor made demands and used harassment tactics such as **email flooding**. The stolen dataset was subsequently leaked and then added to *Have I Been Pwned* for exposure checking, increasing downstream risk of targeted phishing and account-takeover attempts via credential stuffing on other services where users may have reused emails as identifiers. Separate contemporaneous claims by ShinyHunters against other companies (e.g., Panera Bread, CarMax, Edmunds) were reported but are distinct from the confirmed SoundCloud incident and include different alleged access vectors (e.g., stolen SSO codes).
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SoundCloud experienced a cyberattack that resulted in unauthorized access to an ancillary service dashboard, leading to the exposure of limited user data. The company confirmed that the attackers accessed email addresses and information already visible on public SoundCloud profiles, affecting approximately 20% of its user base—estimated at around 26 to 28 million accounts. SoundCloud stated that no sensitive data, such as financial or password information, was compromised. In response, the company activated its incident response protocols, engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, and implemented enhanced monitoring, threat detection, and access control measures. Following the breach, SoundCloud faced multiple denial-of-service attacks that temporarily disrupted the platform's web availability. Additionally, a configuration change made during the incident response process inadvertently disrupted VPN access for users, resulting in widespread reports of 403 "forbidden" errors when attempting to connect via VPN. SoundCloud has since contained the unauthorized access and is working to restore full service, including VPN connectivity, while continuing to audit and reinforce its security posture.
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