Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs (1 Viewer)

[Matthew]

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

www.theverge.com

One of Discord's third-party customer service providers was compromised by an "unauthorized party," the company says. The unauthorized party gained access to "information from a limited number of users who had contacted Discord through our Customer Support and/or Trust & Safety teams" and aimed to "extort a financial ransom from Discord." The unauthorized party "did not gain access to Discord directly."

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Data potentially accessed by the hack includes things like names, usernames, emails, and the last four digits of credit card numbers. The unauthorized party also accessed a "small number" of images of government IDs from "users who had appealed an age determination." Full credit card numbers and passwords were not impacted by the breach, Discord says.

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This is exactly why I absolutely refuse to upload my ID to any online service. These kind of laws need to stop.

 

[ShortieGamez]

This is one of the biggest reasons why I am against having to upload my personal ID to be able to access stuff online. I am all for protecting the young and preventing them from gaining access to services and anything that may not be suitable for them, but when places such as Discord have data breaches and things such as photo ID gets leaked, it is very worrying and doesn't give me a lot of confidence in other big companies such as Microsoft with you needing to do this now to gain access to certain features.