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.
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Dasnap@lemmy.world 1 year agoIn 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.
snorkbubs@fedia.io 1 year ago
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
HODL, the value will go up again for sure