Discord Now Says 70,000 Government Ids May Have Leaked In Provider Hack

Over nan weekend, Discord revealed that its users whitethorn person had their information compromised erstwhile a third-party work supplier was hacked. At nan time, nan level said that a "small number" of authorities IDs whitethorn person been illicitly accessed. Today, however, claims circulated that nan attackers had obtained much than 2 cardinal photos that had been utilized for age-verification purposes. In response, nan institution said that astir 70,000 users "may person had government-ID photos exposed." Other personification information that could person been compromised includes nan users’ "name, Discord username, email and different interaction specifications if provided to Discord customer support," arsenic good arsenic a constricted magnitude of billing information. 

Engadget reached retired to Discord for comment, but did not person a response. However, Discord spokesperson Nu Wexler shared a connection astir nan rumor pinch The Verge and said that immoderate of nan figures being shared were "inaccurate" and came from nan attackers.

"The numbers being shared are incorrect and portion of an effort to extort a costs from Discord," Wexler said. "We will not reward those responsible for their forbidden actions. All affected users globally person been contacted and we proceed to activity intimately pinch rule enforcement, information protection authorities, and outer information experts. We’ve secured nan affected systems and ended activity pinch nan compromised vendor."