Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government identities leaked through the hack

the next Announcement last week Regarding a security incident involving a third-party customer service provider, we want to address inaccurate claims made by administrators and circulating online. First, as stated in our blog post, this was not a Discord breach, but a third-party service we use to support our customer service efforts. Secondly, the numbers being shared are incorrect and part of an attempt to extort money from Discord. Among the affected accounts globally, we identified approximately 70,000 users who may have been exposed to government ID images, which our resource used to review. Age-related appeals. Third, we will not reward those responsible for their illegal actions.

All affected users globally have been contacted and we continue to work closely with law enforcement, data protection authorities and external security experts. We have secured the affected systems and terminated work with the compromised vendor. We take our responsibility to protect your personal data very seriously and understand the concern this may cause.