Breachesby GlyphSoundCloud
Disclosed Dec 15, 202529,815,722 accountsConfirmed
SoundCloud breach exposes emails of about 28 million accounts
SoundCloud confirmed attackers accessed member data consisting of email addresses and public profile information, disrupting VPN access; BleepingComputer's sources put the impact at about 20% of users, roughly 28 million accounts, which SoundCloud later confirmed.
What is known
| People affected | 29,815,722 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Happened | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | EmailsLocationNamesOther |
| Sector | Media · DE |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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History of this record
aggregator to pressby seedSource
https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/SoundCloud to https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/soundcloud-confirms-breach-after-member-data-stolen-vpn-access-disrupted/by seedSource
empty to DEby seedSource
tech to mediaby seedSource
extortion to hackingby seedSource
["emails","location","names"] to ["emails","location","names","other"]by seedSource
2026-01-27 to 2025-12-15by seedSource
In December 2025, SoundCloud announced it had discovered unauthorised activity on its platform . The incident allowed an attacker to map publicly available SoundCloud profile data to email addresses for approximately 20% of its users. The i to SoundCloud confirmed attackers accessed member data consisting of email addresses and public profile information, disrupting VPN access; BleepingComputer's sources put the impact at about 20% of users, roughly 28 million accounts, which Souby seedSource
empty to SoundCloud breach exposes emails of about 28 million accountsby seedSource
First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned), confirmed by Company page. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.