Discord protection bot Double Counter hit by breach exposing around 1 million email addresses
The Discord protection bot Double Counter experienced a significant data breach on October 4, exposing approximately 1 million email addresses, along with Discord IDs and IP addresses for millions more users. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in an analytics tool, gaining access for nearly six hours and leading to fraudulent charges. Double Counter has since secured its systems and notified French data protection authorities.
- Entities
- Person: Stanislav Vishnevskiy
- Company: Double Counter
- Topic: Cybersecurity
- Company: Discord
- Topic: Data Breach
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