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Discord Shuts Down 'Spy Pet' Bots That Scraped, Sold User Messages

After 404 Media reported on the service last week, Discord has now shut down a mass of scraping accounts and says it is considering legal action.

Discord banned a mass of accounts that were part of a service that scraped and sold user data, including messages posted across servers and what voice channels they joined, 404 Media has learned. The move comes after 404 Media reported on the service, called Spy Pet, last week and verified it was selling access to genuine user messages ripped from Discord servers. Since then, and especially over the last several days, the number of servers that Spy Pet says it collects data from has fluctuated, dropping from around 14,000 to 12,000, before eventually on Thursday reaching zero.

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