Discord Data Breach Exposes Government ID Photos of 70,000 Users
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Summary
Discord has disclosed that approximately 70,000 users may have had their government ID photos exposed in a data breach involving a third-party customer service provider. The breach was reportedly related to Discord's Zendesk instance, with a group claiming to have access to 1.5TB of age verification photos containing over 2 million images. Discord confirmed the incident following a tweet by vx-underground that mentioned extortion attempts over the breach.
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A tweet by vx-underground said that the company was being extorted over a breach of its Zendesk instance by a group claiming to have '1.5TB of age verification related photos. 2,185,151 photos'
Following last week's announcement about a security incident involving a third-party customer service provider, we want to address inaccurate information
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