Crypto currency investors also use extensively Discord The application warned the data leakage a few minutes ago. Although this crypto currency does not directly concern investors, indirect consequences can be worrying. Discord data leakage Fortunately, it does not cover all user information.
Discord data leakage
According to the mail sent by the company to customers, a limited data leakage was experienced due to the customer service partners of the three -party. The following information has been seized by the users who contacted Discord via customer service or security unit. The attackers demanded the payment of ransom from Discord officials with the threat of disclosing their data.
- Name
- User name
- Limited part of the credit card number
- IP address
- Messaging with customer service
Identity images of some users who communicate with customer service are also leaked data. Full credit card information and user passwords were not affected by leakage.
What can be done?
If Discord sent you a warning mail, he did it because you were impressed by the leak. If you have shared your identity image, the attackers can use this in KYC, AML policies in weaker stock exchanges. In addition, your e -mail address may become the target of scammers. One of the main problems here is to match the real name information and mail addresses.
Target -oriented Lazarus As such attackers can attack the managers of popular crypto protocols with these data. We have seen that the attackers who have seized their personal mail addresses many times before, targeting crypto currency investors and protocol team members.
It may be useful to check the difficulty level of your e -mail password by considering the worst scenario after the Discord warning mail and activate 2 -factor verification. Also, if you are a popular user in Discord, prepared with special scenarios phishing You can be the target of your mails.
Finally, some of the users with anonymous identity were revealed with this leak. Some well -known names in crypto have interacted with Discord customer service in the coming days by publication of the data (usually do not get ransom) their identities may also emerge.
