Discord has taken action against 'Spy Pet', a service that was scraping and selling Discord data and server messages for as little as $5. After 404 Media's investigation, Discord shut down multiple accounts associated with Spy Pet and is considering legal action. The Spy Pet domain is also offline. Discord's actions were prompted by verifying the authenticity of Spy Pet data.
After 620m users had their messages scraped and placed up for sale, Discord responds https://t.co/L48B2zLkVH https://t.co/Auk1Y7VASs
Discord banned accounts related to a site that sold messages from more than 620 million users https://t.co/ZfkOAyhKfx
Discord is "considering appropriate legal action" against a website that scraped billions of public messages and offered them for sale. https://t.co/8qEX4Lz4HY
Discord drops the hammer on data-scraping "https://t.co/P7GHNEmb3X" website, says it is "considering appropriate legal action." https://t.co/phTh4jSQ3a
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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
Discord shut down accounts associated with a service that scrapes user data and sells it, and is considering legal action: https://t.co/OmIYc6vZmR
New: Discord has shut down a tool that was surveilling thousands of Discord channels and selling the data, and is considering legal action https://t.co/knz7SNbhvw
New: after 404 Media's investigation Discord shut down a mass of accounts used by 'Spy Pet', the service that was scraping & selling Discord data/server messages for as little as $5. Spy Pet domain also down. https://t.co/YnfmpCE3ch https://t.co/7dVcSXNDad
New from 404 Media: Discord shut down a mass of accounts used by 'Spy Pet', the service that was scraping & selling Discord data/server messages for as little as $5. Spy Pet domain also down. Discord's actions come after we verified Spy Pet data was real https://t.co/YnfmpCE3ch https://t.co/tM1YevOr5T