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 Tests ID, Facial Scans for Age Verification It's a one-time process that doesn't store your data, Discord says. It comes as the service faces a lawsuit from the state of New Jersey over the ...

As reported on by the BBC, on September 20, 2025, a third-party provider called 5CA was compromised. The company supports Discord’s customer service and age verification appeals. The breach lasted 58 ...

Hackers may have stolen the government ID photos of around 70,000 Discord users, the company said Wednesday evening. In a statement, Discord, the popular chat app, said the breach affected people who ...

TL;DR: Discord confirmed a data breach involving a third-party customer service provider exposed government-ID photos of approximately 70,000 users, not 2 million as previously claimed. The incident ...

[Update, 4:39 pm ET: On Thursday afternoon, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested Jack Teixeira "without incident," The Washington Post reported. Charges are likely to follow. Anonymous ...

Discord has confirmed that photos of identity documents from around 70,000 users may have been exposed after a security breach. The company clarified that the cyberattack did not directly affect its ...

The server admins say a young user shared the documents on their channel. The classified U.S. intelligence documents that authorities believe were leaked in a Discord channel by a member of the ...

When people are anonymous, "they do different things," one expert says. Discord, the social media platform on which U.S. classified documents appearing to pertain to the Ukraine war and other parts of ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Discord is testing ID and facial scans for age ...