Discord.io, for anyone unsure like me, seems to be unaffiliated with Discord itself and simply a website to find Discord servers to join. It’s offline now.
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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I'm actually curious where did they got the passwords from? Discord.io looks to be using Discord itself for authenticating users, but I myself have never used the service so I have no idea.
Depending on how that authentication handshake is implemented secrets can be leaked. It could be a security flaw on Discord’s side that Discord.io has access to via SSO, or it could be that Discord.io stores username and password for some reason.
At first glance that’s what it looks like, but it’s good that your comment is the top for clarity.
The fact that the passwords are hashed is small comfort. It’s good for sure but potentially impacted users should still change their passwords and any accounts that share that password.
Don’t share passwords but if you do and yours is compromised attackers can use it to try and access other services. If you reuse the credentials and Discord.io uses some bad practices (like not salting their hashes) then you’re at risk.
I know what discord is - because I use it daily. But what is discord.io? The article doesn't really say what the relationship between discord.io and discord is, but they are using the official Discord logo and official Discord name in the article photo. What is discord.io and what's the use case for using it?
They provide a functionary service for discord servers to have URL redirects pointed at themselves for invites. So less average users and more power users/ servers owners are taking the hit here.
The breach has now been confirmed by the Discord.io team and the article has been updated to reflect this.