Discord is preventing some users from accessing sensitive content unless they allow the platform to verify their age by scanning their face or ID. The new age verification process is described as an ...

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, 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 ...

After confirming data breach earlier in the month, Discord has now said that around 70,000 users may had their government ID photos exposed which were used by its third party vendor review age-related ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...