SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted (bleepingcomputer.com)

97 points by technonerd 7mo ago ↗ HN

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owlninja 7mo ago ↗

The HN post from earlier when the VPN ban speculation started:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46269891

eterm 7mo ago ↗

My SoundCloud account seems to predate my use of 1password and I didn't seem to migrate it.

Uh oh.

I hope they have a nice GDPR compliant deletion policy and my account is long gone.

[dead] password-app 7mo ago ↗

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elashri 7mo ago ↗

What is the relation between blocking VPN and data breach? why would this be a reasonable response? Is it to prevent mass login attempts using VPNs to mark origin or what?