A shadow library called Anna’s Archive has claimed to mirror approximately 86 million of Spotify’s most popular tracks, totaling around 300 terabytes of data. Spotify is investigating the breach, which involved unauthorized metadata harvesting and illicit access to some audio files. #Anna’sArchive #SpotifyLeak
Keypoints
- Anna’s Archive announced it mirrored Spotify’s music catalog, focusing on popular tracks.
- The project includes a metadata database of approximately 256 million tracks and ISRC codes.
- Spotify confirmed a breach involving metadata harvesting and illicit access to some audio files.
- The group prioritized high-popularity tracks and used different encoding quality for lesser-known songs.
- The activity likely violates copyright law and could be exploited for creating pirate streaming platforms or AI training datasets.