Discord Shuts Down 'Spy Pet' Data Mining Operation
The service scraped and sold data from over 600 million users and was linked to targeted harassment activities.
- Discord has banned accounts associated with the Spy Pet service, which sold access to data mined from its servers.
- The operation involved scraping over 3 billion messages from around 14,000 Discord servers.
- Spy Pet was connected to Kiwi Farms, a site known for doxxing and harassment, raising concerns about privacy and safety.
- Legal actions are being considered by Discord against the operators of Spy Pet, and the service has been mostly shut down.
- The incident has highlighted potential violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy issues.