“Attackers, Trellix wrote, use the platform’s webhooks to pull data from victims’ computers and drop it into Discord channels run by the attackers.”

  • LufyCZ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes, it’ll be uploaded elsewhere. That’s the whole point.

    Discord doesn’t want to host any of this data, they don’t want to be connected to criminal activity. It makes sense.

    Also, while it might slightly lower their storage costs (if the hackers move elsewhere), if you send a file to someone, it’ll still stay on Discord’s servers. Only difference is the link to said file - it’ll only be valid for a day, and then you’ll have to use a new one (in a way that’s probably transparent to the user)