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.
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?
They’ll send fake emails where the green owl comes to collect “late fees” for your 216-day streak of missed Spanish lessons.
You’ll have to pay with Bed Bath and Beyond gift cards.
The attackers are meme stock traders.
We’ve been trying to reach you about your language course’s extended warranty…
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.
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.
HODL, the value will go up again for sure
Both.
