The biggest attacks against social media platforms

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You may have seen the news that third-party custom invite service, Discord.io, recently suffered a data breach that exposed the sensitive information of more than 760,000 users.?

The breach was discovered on August 14, after a database containing the personal information of Discord.io users was put up for sale on the dark web. The hacker, who uses the alias ‘Akhirah', shared four user records from the database as proof of the data’s authenticity.?

It was revealed during an investigation into the cyber attack that the hacker gained access to Disocrd.io’s database via a vulnerability in the website’s code. This allowed Akhirah to download Discord’io’s entire database and put it up for sale on the new version of infamous hacking site, Breached Forums.?

Below, Cyber Security Hub takes a look at other attacks against social media sites:?

Discord.io exposes personal data of more than 760,000 users

Discover more about the data stolen in the Discord.io cyber attack, and Discord’s response to it here.

5.4 million Twitter accounts available for sale on a hacking forum

In July of last year, a hacker going by the alias ‘devil’ claimed to have the login information of more than 5.4 million X (formerly Twitter) accounts. devil put the accounts up for sale on a dark web forum. Learn how devil gained access to the X account data here.

Source code stolen in Reddit phishing attack

A “highly targeted” phishing attack against social media site Reddit’s internal network saw malicious actors steal the company’s source code and internal documents In February of this year. Explore how the hackers gained access to Reddit’s network here.

Hacker attempts to sell data of 500 million WhatsApp users on dark web

On November 16, 2022, a hacker posted a dataset to dark web forum containing what they claimed to be up-to-date personal information of 487 million WhatsApp users from 84 countries. In the post, the alleged hacker said those who bought the datasets would receive “very recent mobile numbers” of WhatsApp users. Discover more about the alleged data breach here.

X accused of covering up data breach that affects millions

In November 2022, Los Angeles-based cyber security expert Chad Loder posted a warning on X about a data breach at social media site Twitter that had allegedly affected “millions” across the US and EU. Loder claimed the data breach occurred “no earlier than 2021” and “has not been reported before”.?The data breach was not the one discovered in July of that year. Learn more about the data breach and those impacted?in this post.?

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