TLDR; they don't know. Spotify banned them but provided no further info.

Weird. I just checked my spotify account and both of them were following me.

I didn't even notice but yeah I have both following me on an Australian account

Edit: weird they're actually not the first mass follower bot accounts either

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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