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2026 SoundCloud — 29.8M accounts (ShinyHunters)

2026 29.8M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Emails, usernames, avatars, follower counts, geographic data

Technical writeup

ShinyHunters breached SoundCloud via vishing and internal service dashboard access. Mapped email addresses to publicly available profile data. ~29.8M accounts exposed (~20% of user base). Data leaked Jan 2026; added to HIBP Jan 27. Exposed: emails, usernames, avatars, follower counts, geographic data. Passwords and payment card information were NOT compromised.

Root cause

Voice phishing; SSO compromise; internal dashboard exploit

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