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[Link] Researchers Find Vulnerability in Software Underlying Discord, Microsoft Teams, and Other Apps

Read: 12/8/2022 www.vice.com

In all these cases, the researchers submitted vulnerabilities to Electron to get them fixed, which earned them more than $10,000 in rewards. The bugs were fixed before the researchers published their research. 

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[Link] These Robotic Reddit TikTok Accounts Come From a Content Farming Discord

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

If you’re on TikTok recently you may have seen a spike in so-called Reddit Stories accounts, which upload TikToks that read out stories written on Reddit and which sometimes have footage of video games playing in the background.

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[Link] Bored Ape Yacht Club, Other Major NFT Project Discords Hacked by Scammers

Read: 3/4/2022 www.vice.com

Early Friday morning, the Discords of multiple major NFT projects were hacked as part of a phishing scam to trick users into handing over their digital jpegs. Bored Ape Yacht Club, Nyoki, and Shamanz confirmed Discord hacks in tweets.

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[Link] RIAA Takes Down Popular Music Piracy Discord Over Adele ’30’ Leak

Read: 24/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

A popular Discord server specializing in music piracy has been taken down by the RIAA. Sources inside the RipRequests community suggest the problem stemmed from a pre-release leak of Adele's new '30' album.

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[Link] The Secret to a Better Internet? Post Less, Chat More.

Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com

One of the web’s oldest functions remains one of its most powerful and promising. As we debate the negative effects of social media, consider the earliest and arguably most prevalent way that we use the internet to connect with other people: the chat.

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[Link] Discord Backs Off of Crypto After Entire Internet Yells at CEO

Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com

Earlier this week, Discord CEO Jason Citron posted a tweet teasing integration between the gaming-focused chat platform and Ethereum, setting off a total shitstorm.

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[Link] Discord Teases Getting Into Crypto and NFTs, People Big Mad

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

Internet users, generally speaking, tend to dislike design changes.

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[Link] Former UFC Star Paige VanZant is Hunting Down Photo Pirates on Discord

Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

Former UFC star and Dancing With The Stars runner-up Paige VanZant is reportedly making more money from selling pictures and videos of herself online than she ever did with the MMA organization.

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[Link] Discord funding round values it at an eye-popping $15 billion

Read: 16/9/2021 www.pcgamer.com

Discord is so hot right now.

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[Link] Pepe the Frog’s Creator Nuked a $4 Million NFT Collection Over Copyright

Read: 21/8/2021 www.vice.com

Artist Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog who previously used copyright to fight off neo-Nazis who turned the character into a mascot, has found himself in yet another weird spat.

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[Link] Discord malware is a persistent and growing threat warns Sophos

Read: 13/8/2021 www.pcgamer.com

A few weeks back, leading cybersecurity company Sophos issued a warning that Discord is becoming an increasingly common target for hackers.

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