Discord suffers data breach impacting at least 70,000 users
In Brief Posted: 2:41 PM PDT · October 9, 2025 Image Credits:Discord/Eric Szwanek Amanda Silberling Discord suffers data breach impacting at least 70,000 users Discord disclosed on Wednesday that around 70,000 users may have had sensitive data — like their government ID photos — exposed after hackers breached a third-party vendor that the platform uses for age-related appeals. A Discord user would make an “age-related appeal” if the platform suspects they may be underage, or if they live somewhere that requires identity verification for platform access. In those cases, users are asked to send a selfie holding their government ID and Discord username to the platform’s Trust & Safety team. Discord said it has contacted impacted users, whose exposed…
