A third-party Discord verification bot was compromised after an attacker exploited an exposed legacy analytics server. The incident reportedly exposed data linked to millions of accounts and allowed the attacker to hijack the bot to spread malicious invitations across Discord communities. Discord communities rely on bots to automate moderation, block spam and verify new members. But what happens when a service designed to protect a community becomes the entry point for a cyberattack? That question is at the centre of a security incident involving Double Counter, a third-party bot used by Discord servers to detect alternate accounts and help prevent raids.…