I got a strange email from Discord last Friday at the very end of the work day informing me of “a recent security incident on September 20 involving your personal data.” It said personal info related ...

Seventy-thousand. That's the number of users who may have had their government-issued IDs stolen as part of a major breach of the popular chat and messaging app Discord. While that may seem like a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Discord, the hugely popular messaging platform with more than ...

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 ...

TL;DR: Discord reported that sensitive data from about 70,000 users, including government ID photos, was exposed due to a breach at a third-party customer service provider, 5CA. However, 5CA denies ...

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 ...

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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 ...