Spotify experiencing instability, Brazilian users complain app is down

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The music aggregator, Spotify, had instabilities on Tuesday, March 8, and was offline in Brazil and other world regions. Users of the tool have shared the difficulties of access and commented on the possible risk of a hacker attack on the accounts in posts on Twitter.

Accounts were automatically “logged off,” and it was impossible to access the app.

“We are aware of the issue, which we believe impacts multiple platforms, and have posted an update on @SpotifyStatus. We will post another update when things are back to normal,” the app said in a statement.

The Spotify Status Twitter page posted: “Something’s not quite right, and we’re looking into it. Thanks for your reports!” In response to comments from several users reporting the instabilities.

The site Downdetector, which monitors this kind of occurrence, shows that there was a peak of complaints in Brazil about Spotify around 3:30 PM, and the difficulties reported were concentrated on login access (70%), instability in the app (20%), and problems related to the site (10%).

GLOBAL INSTABILITY

The American website Variety also reported that Spotify was experiencing app and website instability on Tuesday afternoon. According to the report, it is not yet known what caused the problems.

Spotify is the latest member of the platforms that have suffered recent instabilities.

Americanas, Itaú, Nubank, Banco do Brasil, and Mercado Libre faced system failures, data leakage, and even hacker attacks, which impacted the services to users and compromised data protection.

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