[deepsand]

I’m interested to know to how much their data breach in 2017 [0] impacted attrition. This breach included email addresses and encrypted passwords.

I really enjoyed the service but like many, Spotify’s competing (albeit subpar) features led me astray as I consolidated my listening to a single platform. And being outside of the US and Canada, I couldn’t use it after the 2016 cut off.

Subsequently, 8tracks fell off the radar for me. Until news of the data breach, which was much more annoying to hear about - as it was for a service I couldn’t even use anymore. However, their transparency has always been great and the post-mortem and customer comms were quick.

RIP 8tracks, I still miss the service and there is still a large gap in curating playlists the way they did.

[0] https://blog.8tracks.com/2017/06/27/password-security-alert/

[omgwtfbbqhihihi]

did they really foolishly encrypt passwords? what a novice mistake.