The online speculation is that millions of government ID data items might have been stolen in an attack against an identity verification service used by Discord. Discord says it has “identified ...

The incident highlights the challenges of state-imposed age verification. Discord has revealed the theft of around 70,000 government-issued ID photos in a recent data breach.

MESSAGING PLATFORM DISCORD has said that around 70,000 users may have had their government-ID photos leaked after an age verification firm it used was hacked. Discord is an instant messaging platform ...

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.

The breach of thousands of Discord users’ data appears to be worse than initially reported, as details of the age verification data lost to hackers are reported. Zendesk is identified as Discord’s ...

We now know exactly how small of a number this supposedly is, with Discord spokesperson Nu Wexler telling The Verge that approximately 70,000 people may have had their IDs compromised.

A Discord spokesperson said the breach occurred through a third-party service it uses for customer support.

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.

Discord has suffered a massive data breach, compromising sensitive information of over 70,000 users including government photo IDs.

The attackers claim they may have access to over half a million documents of Discord users including passports and driver's licenses.

Discord has informed users that a data breach occurred at a third-party vendor that has resulted in the exposure of about 70,000 users’ government identifications.