SoundCloud data breach exposes 29.8 million user accounts

Hackers have exposed personal and contact information tied to SoundCloud accounts, with data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned reporting impacts to approximately 29.8 million users. The breach hit one of the world's largest audio platforms and left many users locked out with error messages before the company confirmed the incident.

Founded in 2007, SoundCloud grew into an artist-first service hosting more than 400 million tracks from over 40 million creators. That scale made this incident especially concerning.