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AccidentalTechnologyTelecom & MediaInformationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryCredentialsIdentity (basic)LowResolved

SPOTIFY USA INC.

bd_5a072219d5b49f44 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 12, 2020

Filed

Dec 9, 2020

To disclose

27 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for SPOTIFY USA INC. →

Spotify USA Inc. disclosed that a system vulnerability inadvertently exposed account registration information (email, password, display name, gender, date of birth) to certain business partners. The vulnerability existed from April 9, 2020, until discovery on November 12, 2020. Spotify contained the incident, reset passwords, and confirmed deletion of data by partners. No unauthorized use was detected.

California clockDiscovered Nov 12, 2020 → Notified Dec 9, 202027d ✓ CA 60-day OK27 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 217 days
discovery → filing · 27 days

Apr 9, 2020

Begins

Nov 12, 2020

Discovered

Dec 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
California State AG+343d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Dec 9 (CA) — a 343-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.