Very true. I would go directly to the reputable site, not use any links in the emails provided.
Discord email
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To be clear.
Do not do the password reset by email.
Go to the website and try to go to the website on a computer that is not infected.
Wait to receive the email with the time expiration code. Some email systems catch the password reset by email as SPAM depending on your email system.
Use online tools to determine if you are browsing on an infected device.
Do not do the password reset by email.
Go to the website and try to go to the website on a computer that is not infected.
Wait to receive the email with the time expiration code. Some email systems catch the password reset by email as SPAM depending on your email system.
Use online tools to determine if you are browsing on an infected device.
When I first went on yahoo to play games in about 1992 I chose the user name dirtbag, it told me it was already in use and then said I could be dirtbag number 48,972. So if you play me a game of MahJong,, say hey!
If you open up that email on a computer, not cell phone, and hover your pointer over the sender of it, a box will open up showing the true sending address.
I just typed Discord in a google search and clicked on their main heading and their main page came up with a login box button in the upper right corner.
Do you have any kids at home that are into gaming, or are you into gaming? This is a gaming app. They seem legit, just go to their main page and try to log in to see if they actually have your email and if so do a password reset then delete your account.
I just typed Discord in a google search and clicked on their main heading and their main page came up with a login box button in the upper right corner.
Do you have any kids at home that are into gaming, or are you into gaming? This is a gaming app. They seem legit, just go to their main page and try to log in to see if they actually have your email and if so do a password reset then delete your account.
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I just got and dealt with my own Discord email.
In fact it was from discord.com which I could tell by looking at the mail routing headers. That's useful for verifying the sender.
I had a discord account with the problematic form of account name, which I made in 2021 and promptly forgot about. I guess there was someone who could only discuss things on discord.
I had to go through the reset-password dance as they were not willing to say that my computer was really mine. I cancelled my Discord account.
Interestingly, the immediately previous email message was a fake that appeared to be from Spotify (a music service) but was actually sent from someone's PC in Japan. That PC had likely been infected and turned into a helper for some scam.
In fact it was from discord.com which I could tell by looking at the mail routing headers. That's useful for verifying the sender.
I had a discord account with the problematic form of account name, which I made in 2021 and promptly forgot about. I guess there was someone who could only discuss things on discord.
I had to go through the reset-password dance as they were not willing to say that my computer was really mine. I cancelled my Discord account.
Interestingly, the immediately previous email message was a fake that appeared to be from Spotify (a music service) but was actually sent from someone's PC in Japan. That PC had likely been infected and turned into a helper for some scam.
The one I got was not a fake, as mentioned above. That doesn't mean others are not fakes, but Discord is, in fact, sending out "Please change your name" messages.
I don't think so. It's clear that many people with the problematic user names are being contacted and this would make the news if it was a real breach. It has been going on for several days.
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Firstly, I received the same email today about an older discord account. As another user said they are trying to switch to unique names instead of names with 0000 numbers.
The reason I would make sure to change the password, was to deny control of the account to whoever made it Incase they were using it for something I wouldn't approve of.
I would also change the password of the email account that discord emailed, just in case that was also compromised, even if it isn't compromised, it's a good security policy to changs your passwords once and awhile. Usually when a password is stolen, it isn't used right away, it's bundled into a data list and sold on the dark net, so changing your passwords once every six months or so is just a good housekeeping habit, also not using the same passwords on lots of things, so that if it is stolen, you don't get compromised on lots of different sites.
Also it's, less that they are targeting users of this website and more that with 175 million discord users worldwide, they are sending out emails to almost all of them and there is going to be a lot of overlap in every online community.
If you have any follow up questions feel free to post here or dm, apologies for the delay, was at the pool hall all day.
if you are going to do these questionable sites then get a separate computer and very good password and username for your ultra personal and financial things and use it for nothing else. laptops are cheap..
or risk getting screwed as technology improves and as your guard gets let down.
or risk getting screwed as technology improves and as your guard gets let down.
only time ever to follow his advice and this time its spot on.