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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.
Oh dear - ARC Raiders was logging your private Discord chats
Embark Studios' extraction shooter ARC Raiders was found to be logging private Discord direct messages and authentication tokens to a local game log file. While the company claims no data was sent externally and has released a hotfix, the incident highlights significant privacy and security risks associated with linking gaming accounts to chat applications like Discord.
