Spotify confirmed that its music library was scraped by a third party, releasing metadata for 256 million tracks and 86 million audio files. The unauthorized access involved illicit tactics to bypass DRM. Spotify has disabled the accounts involved and is enhancing safeguards against copyright attacks. The scraped data, estimated at under 300TB, raises concerns about its potential use by AI companies for training models. Spotify is committed to protecting the rights of artists against piracy. Teljes cikk (Euronews.com)