yep it is true, i think its killing discovery economy every second. I don't even log to trade or to do mission. Waiting for pve events is basically enough to make money.
Scidata worths around 4-5mil right now and it is pretty easy to get more than 150 in single event and if you are lucky you can get the main loot that is usually 500data
500 data is like 2.5bil right now. I made like 6bil money in 1 month because of pve events and of course my luck and loots from derelict stations,cultist ships etc
I think Sci-data and Sci-data rewards needs a rework