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Scraped data of 2.6 million Duolingo users released on hacking forum (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information.

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[–] chulo_sinhatche@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do the people that release these get paid somehow? Or do they just do it for hacker cred and say fuck these 2.6M people?

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In January 2023, someone was selling the scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users on the now-shutdown Breached hacking forum for $1,500.

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As first spotted by VX-Underground, the scraped 2.6 million user dataset was released yesterday on a new version of the Breached hacking forum for 8 site credits, worth only $2.13.

"Today I have uploaded the Duolingo Scrape for you to download, thanks for reading and enjoy!," reads a post on the hacking forum.

[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

HODL, the value will go up again for sure

[–] snorkbubs@fedia.io 23 points 1 year ago

This part is also, ummm, interesting...

BleepingComputer has confirmed that this API is still openly available to anyone on the web, even after its abuse was reported to DuoLingo in January.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They’ll send fake emails where the green owl comes to collect “late fees” for your 216-day streak of missed Spanish lessons.

[–] elvith@feddit.de 28 points 1 year ago

We've been trying to reach you about your language course's extended warranty...

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You'll have to pay with Bed Bath and Beyond gift cards.

[–] scurry@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The attackers are meme stock traders.