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A spokesperson for Discord told the BBC that those claims are inaccurate and "part of an attempt to extort payment".

It was, they suggested, an attempt to extort a ransom from the company by infecting its networks with malicious software.

Hackers who attempted to extort a nursery chain by posting stolen images and data about children on the darknet have removed the posts and claim to have deleted the information.

Iza made millions online while intimidating and extorting people, illegally hacking Facebook accounts and engaging in other criminal activity.

They explained that if I gave them my login details and security code then they would hack the BBC and then extort the corporation for a ransom in bitcoin.