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Discord.io Temporarily Shuts Down After Hack, Promises Security Overhaul


A third-party service that let thousands of users create custom invites for Discord is temporarily shutting down following a hack.

Discord.io on Tuesday confirmed it suffered a “major data breach,” which resulted in a hacker downloading its entire database. “We were made aware of the breach later on in the day, and after confirming the content of the breach, we decided to shut down all services and operations,” Discord.io said in an announcement. 

The hacker, who goes by the name “Akhirah,” claims to have stolen data on 760,000 Discord.io users. Akhirah says the hack was motivated in part by the fact that Discord.io allegedly links to child sexual abuse material. The hacker tells Bleeping Computer they would be open to keeping the stolen information private if Discord.io deletes those links, but the stolen data is also currently available for sale on a hacking forum.

Discord.io says it’s “still investigating the breach, but we believe that the breach was caused by a vulnerability in our website’s code, which allowed an attacker to gain access to our database.”

The good news is that affected users don’t need to change their passwords on Discord itself because Discord.io was only storing Discord user IDs, not any Discord authentication tokens. 

Still, the hacker stole email addresses associated with Discord.io users, along with the billing addresses of those who made purchases on the service before it started using the Stripe and PayPal payments platform. 

In addition, a small number of users who signed up with Discord.io prior to 2018 had their password information stolen. However, the stolen password data was salted and hashed. “While your password was encrypted to industry standards, if it was not unique, we urge you to update any other site that might have used this password,” Discord.io adds.  

Although Discord.io has temporarily shut down, the service plans on returning with stronger security in place. “This will include a complete rewrite of our website’s code, as well as a complete overhaul of our security practices,” it says. 

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AAP Guwahati Rally News Live: Arvind Kejriwal promises free electricity and jobs for all if AAP comes to power in Assam


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Maharashtra reports 562 new cases in the state today along with three covid deaths. Active cases at 3,488.

In Maharashtra, we celebrate all the festivals together & we have the culture to celebrate the festival together. If someone for political gain tries to create a problem then the relevant dept will take action on it

– CM Eknath Shinde on Rama Navami clashes

On Utkal Diwas, Odisha’s formation day, Adani Ports and SEZ is privileged to welcome to Dhamra Port, its first cargo of LNG aboard the ‘Milaha Ras Laffan’. This is a huge leap forward not only in access to clean and affordable energy but also in decarbonising India’s energy sector

– Karan Adani, CEO Adani Ports and SEZ

We will be going to Ayodhya for Lord Ram’s blessings on 9th April and it’s a matter of belief and sentiments

– Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

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BJP appoints Rajendra Rathore as leader of opposition in Rajasthan assembly

We will bring the corrupt face of the present state government in front of the public. I will fulfil all my duties and work for the public, said Rajendra Rathore, LoP Rajasthan Assembly.

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Fire breaks out on the top floor of the LIC building in Chennai. Fire tenders on the spot.

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Fire broke out in a furniture factory in Udaipur. Several fire tenders rushed to the spot.

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Rahul Gandhi and Mohan Bhagwat to arrive in Gujarat on Monday

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Dead body of CISF jawan found in suspicious condition at the Punjab Secretariat

The body has been sent for postmortem. No CISF officer reported suicide in the preliminary information. Police are probing the matter, said DSP Ram Gopal.

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World fascinated with digitisation of India: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the world is fascinated with the digitisation of India.”What is the world’s fascination with India? Today? It is in the digitisation of India,” the EAM said while interacting with intellectuals in Dharwad, Karnataka.”In 2014, six crore people had access to broadband. Today, it is 80 crore. From six it has gone to 80. Internet was used by 25 crore people. It is today 85 crores. We have laid optical fiber cable of 25 lakh kilometres in this country,” Jaishankar said.”The number of mobile…

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Hackers Fail to Honor Promises to Delete Data


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Police Say Gang Extorted Millions From Victims Not Just by Stealing, But Lying Too


February 24, 2023    

Crime Blotter: Hackers Fail to Honor Promises to Delete Data
Image: Dutch cybercrime police

Cybercrime experts have long urged victims to never pay a ransom in return for any promises attackers make to delete stolen data.

See Also: OnDemand | Navigating the Difficulties of Patching OT


Paying attackers for guarantees to delete data directly funds cybercrime and perpetrates cyber extortion as a business model. Just as importantly, it typically doesn’t stop criminals from selling stolen data, as a recently unveiled criminal probe demonstrates.


On Thursday, cybercrime police in the Netherlands announced that they had busted a three-man gang accused not just of hacking into companies, stealing their data and threatening to dump it online – unless they received a ransom payment – but also of failing to honor its guarantees.


Dutch police arrested the suspects – two 21-year-olds and one 18-year-old – on Jan. 23, and two of them have since been jailed and only allowed to speak to their attorney while the investigation continued. “Because of this measure and in order not to disrupt the investigation, the arrests have not been announced before,” police said. The suspects have been charged with computer hacking, data theft, extortion and money laundering.


The investigation began in March 2021 after a large Dutch company reported an attack to…

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Trump Promises to Use Special Forces On Smugglers and Cartels If Elected President Saying They Deserve The Death Penalty | Philosophy Blogger


Former President Trump proclaimed Thursday that if elected again as US Commander-in-Chief, he would arm the military with special forces and other assets to unleash a powerful blow against smugglers, human trafficking groups, and cartels infiltrating our southern border.

“Joe Biden has sided against the United States and with the cartels,” Trump said in a video Thursday. “Biden’s open border policies are a deadly betrayal of our nation.”

“When I am president, it will be the policy of the United States to take down the cartels, just as we took down ISIS and the ISIS caliphate–and just as, unlike the situation we are in today, we had a very strong border,” Trump continued. people saw him boasting about his administration having the most concrete and firm border in the history of the United States of America.

If elected, Trump has vowed to bring the full weight of America’s military might upon narcotics cartels using all available tactics from special forces and cyber warfare to covert operations. A warning shot across cartel leadership’s bow if ever there was one!

Trump has vowed to take drastic action if elected as a POTUS against drug traffickers and human smugglers. He plans on labeling major cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, hindering their financial capabilities, plus he wants Congress to pass a law so that those who partake in illegal activity of these kinds are given the severest punishment possible – death. Unprecedented steps from POTUS promise an unyielding stance toward criminals trying to infiltrate America’s borders!

“The drug cartels and their allies in the Biden administration have the blood of countless millions on their hands–millions and millions of families and people are being destroyed,” Trump said.

“When I am back in the White House, the drug kingpins and vicious traffickers will never sleep soundly again,” he said. “We did it once, and we did it better than anybody else.”
“We have to take over, we have to be tough, we have to be smart, we have to be fair. But if we don’t do something immediately, our country is gone,” he added.

Meanwhile, President Biden is taking matters into his own hands at the US-Mexico…

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