discord-telemetryPyPI
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discord-telemetry is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2026-10701) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in discord-telemetry (PyPI)
What this malware does
No a static rule matches or traced code paths indicate exfiltration, install-time code execution, credential theft, silent-relay, backdoor, or self-propagation behavior in this package version. The package name references 'discord' and 'telemetry', but a name alone is not a supply-chain threat and this version's contents do not exhibit any of the fingerprints (browser credential-store enumeration, Discord leveldb session theft, hardcoded C2 endpoint, install-time fetch-and-execute) that would justify escalation.
During installation, the package downloads and executes a remote executable. Before 0.1.5, the code contained local-only tests of malicious behaviour.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-07-discord-telemetry
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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Downloads and executes a remote executable.
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malware
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for discord-telemetry (6 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
discord-telemetry is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If discord-telemetry was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
Frequently asked questions
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References
Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
- Kamil Mańkowski (kam193) · reporter
Detect & block this
O3 blocks discord-telemetry-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.