"According to Meadows' report, the Arc Raiders Discord SDK opened 'a complete Discord gateway connection identical to the one used by the Discord desktop app itself.' As a result, if you linked Arc Raiders and Discord together via Arc Raiders' in-game integration options, all Discord events that occurred were subsequently logged. This includes private DMs between two users."
"Rather than filtering sensitive events, the SDK logs everything it receives to disk. However, Embark Studios' Discord announcement states that none of this information actually made it off of users' PCs, as it was apparently only stored locally on the users' end."
"Rest assured that your private and/or personal data was not sent outside your machine and Embark has not (and will not) review or keep such information. We will disable the Discord SDK logging and are conducting a deeper audit to ensure no further issues."
Embark Studios deployed an emergency hotfix for Arc Raiders to address a serious privacy vulnerability involving the Discord SDK. The Discord software development kit had opened a complete Discord gateway connection identical to the desktop app, logging all Discord events including private direct messages to disk on users' local machines. While the sensitive data remained stored locally and was not transmitted to external servers, the logging represented a significant security violation for players who linked their Arc Raiders and Discord accounts. Embark Studios disabled the Discord SDK logging and committed to conducting a deeper audit to prevent similar issues.
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