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Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

colesl4w — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:20:25 GMT

Hi all,

Just wanting to draw attention to this. It appears that there is an exploit for Spotify Connect which uses the Spotiamb 0.2.1 extension to hijack user accounts and play a set list of songs. Affected users will see "Spotiamb 0.2.1" appear as an available Spotify Connect device. The result is that their account will, multiple times throughout a day at random intervals, play albums by these two artists, amongst others:

Dungeonsd: https://open.spotify.com/album/66xm00as0QlKB2dOE6fUpH

Tony Oldam: https://open.spotify.com/album/3m0eumQjUDrLyAwJmkFMpi

These tracks will interrupt anything the user is currently playing.

Other users are experiencing the exact same behaviour

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web/Random-unsolicited-song-hijacks-plays-automatically

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Accounts-and-Subscriptions/Spotify-hacked-by-a-pro/m-p/1178797

Could a member of the Spotify team please comment on this? It is somewhat concerning that there appears to be an unaddressed explit capable of making user accounts play any tracks they wish.

Many thanks.

Re: Spotify randomly starts playing tracks by itself.

colesl4w — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:21:36 GMT

EDIT: I have edited the original post to include more detail.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Kikadper — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:31:48 GMT

Happening to me now with "silent Evening" MediEvol. Ugh, sick of having my account hijacked... First by some mac laptop, then when I change my password. Still nothing.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

colesl4w — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:35:38 GMT

Login to spotify.com, go to your account, click disconnect all connections,
or something similar to that effect. It should kick the spotiamb off your
account!

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

colesl4w — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:14:34 GMT

Sorry, "sign out everywhere" is the button you need to press.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Forsh — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:50:49 GMT

"Sign out everywhere" doesn't seem to fix it for me.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Jason — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:43:03 GMT

Hey @Forsh

This sounds like something for our Accounts team to take a look at. Could you reach over to them at https://support.spotify.com/contact-spotify-anonymous/? They'll take a look behind the scenes for you.

If you receive an automated reply, get back to it and this will make sure your email gets through to the correct team. Also, if you post your 8 digit case # here, we'll make sure the right team get onto this for you too.

I hope this helps out.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

adker — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:01:32 GMT

Spotify's response to this issue.

" Thanks for your email. We understand that you're having issues with Spotiamb 0.2.1.

Spotiamb wasn't created by Spotify. Please contact them and they'll help out with this.

We're always here if you have any problems with the Spotify service itself though. Just let us know!

Cheers,

Marc"

Come on Spotify! Give a **bleep** about those paying to keep you in business.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

colesl4w — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:05:09 GMT

That is insane. None of us have voluntarily had anything to do with
Spotiamb. This is an issue that the Spotify team need to deal with.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

adker — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:46:15 GMT

Knock on wood, so far I have not been hijacked for a few hours. This was happening every 5 or 6 songs.

What I did...

Logged in to Spotify in my browser.
Went to "offline devices" and removed any that I was not sure of (two).
Then, "Set device password".
Logged out of spotify.
Logged back in with the new device password.

Fingers crossed.

Previously, I was logging in with Facebook. Changing my Facebook password did not help. Either did setting an App password in Facebook.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

SuperBario — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:03:49 GMT

I too have been hijacked by Spotiamb 0.2.1

Not sure if it is coincidence but I have had to investigate slow internet speeds, and apporx 1gb is being uploaded over my network each day. I have no idea why

How do i get rid of SPotiamb and what other potential problems can this hack have?

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Rorey — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:52:44 GMT

Hello @colesl4w @SuperBario @adker @Forsh. Staff here.

After further investigation it seems some accounts may have been accessed by attackers guessing the password after multiple tries.

Although it is listed as a Connect device, by no means was the Spotiamb player used in the compromise of accounts. The reason why it appears as a Connect device is because someone logged in with that user's credentials.

We recommend resetting your password and disconnecting from all devices using this link. If this does not solve the issue for you we will gladly help out. Send us a message over here then post your case number here.

We'll get it looked into immediately.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

willboot — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 02:35:40 GMT

So I've done what you suggest, deleted all devices (which included a PC laptop that absolutely isn't mine) and changed my password but Spotiamb is still visible on my device list. The message link you supplied throws a 404, so you need to fix that.

Possibly related: this message came up when I logged back into my account on my iPhone. I don't have more than three devices.

Getting a bit spooked by this. Please sort it out. I gave Apple Music a spin but decided to stay with Spotify, couldn't see any compelling reason to change. Beginning to wonder now.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Adam_B — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:18:02 GMT

Hey @willboot

Are you still having issues after signing out everywhere and resetting your password?

Are you noticing anything else unusual on your account?

If so, it'd be best to get in touch with our Accounts team here.

Let us know how you get on.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

willboot — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 22:42:20 GMT

So far today there's no sign of Spotiamb on my device list, so fingers crossed.

Can I repeat that the link you give to Accounts doesn't work?

Also note that in the attached recently played list, only 4 out of the 12 - Sam Cooke, Leon Russell, Ed Askew and ZOFO duet - were artists that I actually chose to play myself!

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Adam_B — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:53:39 GMT

@willboot Thanks for letting us know!

The link's working fine on our end. If you need to use it, try pasting it into an incognito window:

https://support.spotify.com/contact-spotify-anonymous/.

Let us know if you see anything else unusual from this.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

bastos — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:54:09 GMT

After messaging the support team and following all the instructions, my account is still being invaded by Spotiamb.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Rorey — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 09:42:06 GMT

Hey @bastos. We'll get this looked into asap. Someone will be in touch via email shortly.

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

amarmitra — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 22:03:47 GMT

Ugh... Its the same issue with me. I changed all passwords. I can't listen to my music in peace.

Why is this a mystery? Am I not paying for it?

Re: Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

user-removed — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 01:04:46 GMT

@amarmitra

Hello:

What I can do is tag @Rorey in my reponse to your post, so he will get a notice that you are having issues too with Spotiamp. He should soon get back to you with what to do next OK?