Discord is becoming a common target for hackers, potentially putting at risk Discord’s 140 million-plus active users.Originally spotted by PCGamer, Sophos has noticed that the number of malware detections via Discord has grown by almost 140 times over the last couple of months in comparison to the same period in 2020.
The report explains that’s partly down to how Discord files are stored in the cloud. “Once files are uploaded to Discord, they can persist indefinitely unless reported or deleted,” explained the report, leaving it open to abuse.In its investigation, Sophos found that much of the malware relates to game cheating tools, tapping into many players’ less scrupulous urges to get ahead.
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