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The data of 760,000 Discord.io users was put up for sale on the darknet (stackdiary.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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An unidentified individual has listed the data of 760,000 Discord.io users for sale on a darknet forum. This discovery was brought to light by the "Information Leaks" Telegram channel, associated with the Russian service for tracking vulnerabilities, data leaks, and monitoring fraudulent online resources.

For clarity, Discord.io is a third-party interface tailored for the widely-used Discord messenger. The offered database comprises details like email addresses, hashed passwords, and other user-specific data.

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[–] ivenoidea@lemmy.world 101 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Discord.io, for anyone unsure like me, seems to be unaffiliated with Discord itself and simply a website to find Discord servers to join. It’s offline now.

[–] skilledtothegills@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm actually curious where did they got the passwords from? Discord.io looks to be using Discord itself for authenticating users, but I myself have never used the service so I have no idea.

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Depending on how that authentication handshake is implemented secrets can be leaked. It could be a security flaw on Discord’s side that Discord.io has access to via SSO, or it could be that Discord.io stores username and password for some reason.

[–] realbaconator@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

At first glance that’s what it looks like, but it’s good that your comment is the top for clarity.