
Discord has taken decisive action against Spy Pet, a service involved in scraping and selling user data from over 12,000 Discord servers. The issue came to light following an investigation by 404 Media, which confirmed the authenticity of the data being sold for as low as $5. In response, Discord has shut down numerous accounts linked to Spy Pet and has taken down the service's domain. Furthermore, Discord is contemplating legal action against those involved in the data scraping operation. This incident has raised significant concerns about user privacy and data security on the platform.
Message-scraping, user-tracking service Spy Pet shut down by Discord https://t.co/usU0hgysnE
Discord bans Spy Pet-affiliated accounts, which were scraping 12K+ Discord servers to archive and sell user data, and says it is considering legal action (@josephfcox / 404 Media) https://t.co/h89Hi9G2pr 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/qXV466dFzg
Scoop: After 404 Media reported on a service and selling thousands of users' data last week, Discord has now shut down a mass of scraping accounts and says it is considering legal action. https://t.co/u5f0WEAojJ


