Discord has revealed the theft of around 70,000 government-issued ID photos in a recent data breach. The platform was targeted by cybercriminals who compromised one of Discord’s third-party vendors.

In 2025, it feels like cybercriminals are winning while the world's biggest data hoarders are losing. One by one, global giants are admitting they've been breached, from tech powerhouses like Google ...

The personal data of Discord users has been exposed after a third-party customer service provider suffered a data breach. Hackers were able to obtain support tickets from an unnamed company used by ...

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Discord has confirmed a security incident involving one of its third-party vendors that has led to the exposure of government-issued identification photos belonging to approximately 70,000 users. This ...

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 users that signed up for a third-party backup service called RestoreCord may have had their data leaked in a breach. Credit: Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images UPDATE: Feb. 3, 2025, ...