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Why were these weird accounts following a bunch of people on Spotify?
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this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2023
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The email, with the subject line “Spotify Hackers,” claimed that “Every English account in America has two new followers, !
vitornovaes.” The tipster followed up two minutes later to share a screenshot showing the profile pictures from the accounts, which featured characters from the Studio Ghibli movie Ponyo.
This seemed pretty innocuous — we doubted they were hackers — but we had to investigate.
(Though full disclosure that I’ve been an Apple Music user for years.)
Spokesperson Laura Batey sent me this vague statement: “Confirming that these accounts have been disabled for violating our terms.
Note that while they are no longer accessible to the user, they may still be visible on the platform.” I followed up to ask for more details but haven’t received a reply.
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