Deezer Data Breach

What happened?

In late 2022, the music streaming service Deezer disclosed a data breach that impacted over 240M customers . The breach dated back to a mid-2019 backup exposed by a 3rd party partner which was subsequently sold and then broadly redistributed on a popular hacking forum. Impacted data included 229M unique email addresses, IP addresses, names, usernames, genders, DoBs and the geographic location of the customer.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is April 22, 2019. The record was added to the catalogue on January 2, 2023 and last updated there on December 9, 2025.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• IP addresses
• Names
• Spoken languages
• Usernames

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Deezer or used deezer.com around April 22, 2019. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.