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Messaging platform Discord has said the official ID photos of around 70,000 users have been stolen by hackers. The app, which is popular with gamers and teenagers, said the hackers targeted a firm ...

Earlier this year, Discord began testing a new age-verification process in the United Kingdom that required users to scan their government-issued ID. That has come back to haunt both Discord and the ...

Discord, a global communication platform with more than 200 million users, confirmed on 3 October 2025 that a cyberattack exposed official government ID photos of tens of thousands of users. The ...

A third-party service provider was compromised, and information from people who had communicated with Discord's customer support and trust and safety teams was exposed. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer ...

There's a broader concern coming out of the Discord breach. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Seventy-thousand. That's the number of users who may have had their ...

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A third-party service for customer support was hit. About 70,000 users may have had government ID photos accessed. The incident highlights the challenges of state-imposed age verification. Discord has ...

Discord says that hackers made off with images of 70,000 users’ government IDs that they were required to provide in order to use the site. Like an increasing number of sites, Discord requires certain ...

Discord data breach tied to third-party support provider - likely Zendesk, not Discord itself Attackers claim 5.5 million user records and 2.1 million ID photos stolen during 58-hour access window ...