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A data breach at AI music generator platform Suno exposed more than 55 million user accounts, according to Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned service, which ingested the files. The dump consisted mostly of email addresses, although phone numbers were also included where users had signed up with them instead, HIBP said. Tens of …

  1. IGotOut Silver badge

    I'm pretty sure.

    ..taking all that information and then stealing money off the victims counts as fair use.

    /Sarcasmoff.

    Or maybe not.

  2. localgeek

    People paid for that?

    I'm a little taken aback at the idea that 55 million users ponied up their hard-earned cash for musical AI slop. I don't want to hear that plagiarized garbage for free, and I'm happy to give my money to real artists making an honest living.

    1. stiine Silver badge

      Re: People paid for that?

      So, you only throw £ coins at buskers?

      1. localgeek

        Re: People paid for that?

        I buy the recordings of artists whose work I enjoy.

  3. Gavsky

    I always want to know if customer data is encrypted, when these (endless & inevitable) breaches occur. It's a small amount of data for each person & wouldn't need to be decrypted 'on the fly' very often. I really think the GDPR should have made this a mandatory requirement. At the very least, it would make accessing stolen information more difficult & probably put-off some from stealing it in the first place.

  4. Blue Screen of Bleurgh

    Another day and another data breach.

    It's like becoming the norm now, either because sites don't care or don't know how to keep PI well and truly secure.

  5. heyrick Silver badge

    And when do they plan to notify those affected?

    I have used Suno, only free, and logged in with a Google link to a backup account. I haven't heard a peep. Am I not concerned or have they just not bothered?

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