Discord security breach

[Armadillo]

Seems like most of the "mainstream" press haven't even picked up on this yet. Or are just choosing to ignore it (maybe at the government's request lol)

I won't be shocked if BBC have had their marching orders. When it first came into force, BBC kept selling it as needing to verify for "adult content" (so porn to a lot of people) and not much else, basically trotted out the government's line. They did have one article which was allegedly "both sides" but it was just two randoms instead of experts and very light on details.

No real coverage given to any of the legit criticisms people have.

 

[Gray2233]

I won't be shocked if BBC have had their marching orders. When it first came into force, BBC kept selling it as needing to verify for "adult content" (so porn to a lot of people) and not much else, basically trotted out the government's line. They did have one article which was allegedly "both sides" but it was just two randoms instead of experts and very light on details.

No real coverage given to any of the legit criticisms people have.

The hilarious thing is, there's tons of websites out there which are far more predatory and dangerous that simply don't care. A huge chunk of the internet is still easily accessed that's far worse than the "legit" sites out there with material that's a million times worse.

You want to save the children? Make it illegal for kids to have smart devices until they're 16 outside of heavily curated areas such as school. It'd help a whole lot in cognitive development too, you sit a kid in front of a screen of endless nonsense you can't expect them to become a functional adult. I hopped on a bus the other day into Newcastle for a concert, two women on board were holding their phones in front of their babies faces to "entertain" them -- aka stop them from crying. I dread to think of how much long term damage that sort of thing is doing.

We used to mock the "great firewall of China" and now we're watching the powers that be attempt to do the same thing.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Another roaring Starmer success.
Feel safer already.

 

[mrk]

Says only some affected and those will be emailed. given I got no email I guess all's OK on that front so I don't need to change anything.

 

[BUDFORCE]

Says only some affected and those will be emailed. given I got no email I guess all's OK on that front so I don't need to change anything.

I use discord regularly but I've not given them any personal information at all.

I don't have an email either.

 

[randal]

Another roaring Starmer success.
Feel safer already.

*Tory.

 

[Haggisman]

That's what happens when these regulations are made by people who still listen to the "Wireless" and are thinking of upgrading to colour TV.

Yup, when your only experience of "using a computer" is dictating what to type to your personal assistant, it's no surprise the level of naivety and incompetence we end up with when it comes to anything even remotely technical

 

[Putty]

The BBC have finally picked this up. Official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ODuffer]

Why on earth were they storing the info for age verification? It’s not needed once confirmed.

A lot of discord channels are full of porn Sorry misread that

 

[randal]

The BBC have finally picked this up. Official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

www.bbc.co.uk

No full credit card details, passwords, or messages and activity beyond conversations with Discord's customer support agents were leaked, the firm said.

Who gives a flying one about credit card details or passwords in this day in age?

If your card is compromised you get a new one and your bank refunds you, you get a password compromised you change it (and should have been protected by 2FA in the first place).

These companies all harp on about what wasn't compromised whilst skirting around the MOST important thing that was compromised - personally identifiable data. You can't change an identity, date of birth or face like you can a credit card number or password.

The sooner we stop allowing these companies to equivocate the two and punish them for their failures the better. THIS is the sort of stuff the Online Safety Act shoud be going after.

 

[Zefan]

*Tory.

*The Party

 

[randal]

*The Party

That’s quite enough 1984 in here.

 

[Zefan]

THIS is the sort of stuff the Online Safety Act shoud be going after.

Right, however the purpose of a system is what it does.

That’s quite enough 1984 in here.

Never heard of it, sounds like Eurasian propaganda?

 

[randal]

Right, however the purpose of a system is what it does.


Never heard of it, sounds like Eurasian propaganda?

I'd need to read through the legislation to see what powers it gives (if any, hopefully it does!) in such a situation.

They've always been at war with Oceana.