I got a strange email from Discord last Friday at the very end of the work day informing me of “a recent security incident on September 20 involving your personal data.” It said personal info related ...

Seventy-thousand. That's the number of users who may have had their government-issued IDs stolen as part of a major breach of the popular chat and messaging app Discord. While that may seem like a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Discord, the hugely popular messaging platform with more than ...

The popular social media app Discord is warning users about a recent data breach within its platform. The company said over 70,000 users could have been affected, and have been informed of the hack, ...

TL;DR: Discord reported that sensitive data from about 70,000 users, including government ID photos, was exposed due to a breach at a third-party customer service provider, 5CA. However, 5CA denies ...

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 ...

The blame game for the Discord data breach has begun, as a service provider blamed by the company claims it wasn't the cause of the hack, nor were they serving the data that was stolen. In early ...

MESSAGING PLATFORM DISCORD has said that around 70,000 users may have had their government-ID photos leaked after an age verification firm it used was hacked. Discord is an instant messaging platform ...

The company is emailing users impacted by the breach. The company is emailing users impacted by the breach. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 ...

There's a broader concern coming out of the Discord breach. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Seventy-thousand. That's the number of users who may have had their ...