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ARC Raiders Players Will Get Back Items Lost From Recent Outage After Studio Investigates Cases
Embark Studios is investigating and returning lost items to ARC Raiders players affected by recent server outages and extraction issues. The studio is making an exception to its usual policy due to the widespread impact of the outages. The latest update also includes new cosmetic items, bug fixes, and addresses a security exploit related to Discord SDK logging.
Arc Raiders Was Recording Private Discord DMs
Embark Studios' game Arc Raiders was found to be recording and storing players' private Discord direct messages locally on their PCs. The company has acknowledged the issue, released a hotfix, and stated that the messages were not reviewed or stored externally. An audit will be conducted to prevent future incidents.
Embark Studios rushes to fix Arc Raiders Discord integration bug as "serious privacy and security violations" may have exposed private Discord DMs, friends data, more
Embark Studios is addressing a security vulnerability in Arc Raiders where the game's Discord integration may have exposed private Discord messages and authentication tokens in local log files. Security blogger Timothy Meadows reported the issue, which Embark Studios claims did not send data outside of players' machines. A hotfix is in development to disable the logging and further audits are being conducted.
