Discord.io, a service that allowed users to create custom links for their Discord channels, is closing down following a large data breach.
A hacker stole the data of 760,000 users, per TechRadar, and has posted a sample on Breached Forums in order to potentially sell it. The discord.io site now displays a message saying “we are stopping all operations for the foreseeable future”.
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The third-party service has broken down exactly what is and isn’t contained in the stolen data in a list.
What is contained in the breach:
What is not contained in the breach:
The service says it has cancelled existing premium subscriptions. They add that they’ve yet to be contacted by the hacker, and as far as they know “the database itself has no yet been shared publicly”.
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