token grabbing

English

Noun

token grabbing (uncountable)

  1. (computing, Internet slang) The act of using malware or social engineering to illicitly obtain an authentication token, specifically for services like Discord, allowing an attacker to bypass multi-factor authentication and gain full access to an account.
    • 2021 July 10, Alexcían Empire Thingy, Urban Dictionary:
      Token Grabbing... is the act of stealing or taking a Discord user’s user token via a token grabber... This is usually done for malicious purposes as hacking into someone’s account.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Aesthetics Wiki‎[1], archived from the original on 6 June 2025:
      Token Grabbing - The act of someone on Discord using malicious code against another user to acquire their user tokens. In the platform, tokens represent an alternate way to log in on someone's account without introducing the password or email.
    • 2026 February 8, emirhan20032003, GitHub:
      🎉 discord-token-grabber - Simple Tool for Easy Data Retrieval... This tool helps you set up a grabber that can collect useful information such as history, passwords, tokens, cookies, emails, IP addresses...
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