UPDATE 5:30 PM | Deadmau5’s Soundcloud is now inexplicably back, with all of his tracks still in place.
UPDATE 4:30 PM | Deadmau5 has removed his Soundcloud, and it’s been swooped up by another lucky fellow.
https://t.co/q4MXn6rnBv scooped up by some swifty scrub. he can have it. no longer interested in their service. #RIPsoundcloud
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
he didnt steal it. he claimed the account after i deleted my account. https://t.co/xF282RLioo
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
By now, you’re probably aware that Deadmau5’s Soundcloud account was “hacked” two days ago by a collective called Our Mine. They threatened to release public information about him, and even apparently ordered a set of dildos to be sent to an old address of his. They claimed, after all this, that they were doing everything in his best interest in order to show him how to not be hacked in the future… right.
Beginning at around 1pm PST today, Deadmau5 began unleashing fury against Soundcloud after receiving an email back from their security team. The entire string of tweets is interesting to see as he progressively gets more and more frustrated with the service, threatening to remove his account. In doing so, he finds that his account is frozen.
oh, im going to disable / remove my @soundcloud account until they fix their shitty 3rd grade security.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
i dont think @soundcloud should be taking ANYONES personal information ESPECIALLY credit cards. if you were smart, you'd remove yours.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
*only* that information eh… PHEW. im glad they ONLY had access to that. /kappa pic.twitter.com/LNkDxltW0A
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
well i SURE AM GLAD their access was extremely limited to….. EVERYTHING ON FUCKING @SOUNDCLOUD
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
and then they end the email with … "please let us know if you have any questions or concerns" …. uh… *raises hand*
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
and all @soundcloud had to do is pay a handful of devs to implement two factor seciruty, nope. they dont give a fuck.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
SO! having said that, if you're an artist, you can forget @soundcloud if you think your personal is secure. because it's obviously not.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
.@SoundCloud @SCsupport i cannot access or remove my intellectual property from your site as you have frozen the account.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
.@SoundCloud @SCsupport please remove all of my data, and intellectual property, because as of now youre hosting it without consent. thanks.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
buuut… if you still, for whatever reason, like SC's service…. please share this link: https://t.co/AtQnfV8yoA
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 25, 2016
There’s no argument against Soundcloud upgrading their security and authentication processes – no one really believes that would be a bad idea. However, there has to be some other story to this that we’re not seeing. For instance, why was his account frozen? Probably for security reasons as they investigate how someone gained access.
Deadmau5 had to cease his rant because his girlfriend was bitten by a goat. I don’t know if that’s just the perfect ending, or just “typical” deadmau5, but this likely isn’t over.
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