Nearly Two Billion Discord Messages Scraped and Sold on Dark Web Forums

Security experts have raised alarms after discovering that a massive collection of Discord data is being offered for sale on underground forums. According to researchers at Cybernews, who reviewed the advertisement, the archive reportedly contains close to two billion messages scraped from the platform, alongside additional sensitive information. The dataset allegedly includes 1.8 billion chat messages, records of 35 million users, 207 million voice sessions, and data from 6,000 servers, all available to anyone willing to pay. 

Discord, a platform widely used for gaming, social communities, and professional groups, enables users to connect via text, voice, and video across servers organized around different interests. Many of these servers are open to the public, meaning their content—including usernames, conversations, and community activity—can be accessed by anyone who joins. While much of this information is publicly visible, the large-scale automated scraping of data still violates Discord’s Terms of Service and could potentially breach data protection regulations such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

The true sensitivity of the dataset remains unclear, as no full forensic analysis has been conducted. It is possible that a significant portion of the messages and voice records were collected from publicly accessible servers, which would reduce—but not eliminate—the privacy concerns. However, the act of compiling, distributing, and selling this information at scal

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