"Recently, we discovered an incident where an unauthorised party compromised one of Discord's third-party customer service providers, Discord said in a statement. The unauthorised party then gained access to information from a limited number of users who had contacted Discord through our customer support and/or trust and safety teams Of the accounts impacted globally, we have identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government ID photos exposed, which our vendor used to review age-related appeals."
"Government ID photos of about 70,000 global users of Discord, a popular messaging and chat platform among video gamers, may have been exposed after hackers compromised a company contracted to carry out age verification checks. Some users' names, email addresses and other contact details, IP addresses and messages with Discord's customer service agents may also have been taken. The attacker has been trying to extort a ransom from the company."
Approximately 70,000 users' government ID photos may have been exposed after hackers compromised a third-party contractor that performed age verification checks for Discord. Some users' names, email addresses, contact details, IP addresses and messages with customer service may also have been accessed, while no full credit card numbers or passwords were reported stolen. The attacker has attempted to extort a ransom from the contractor. The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has received a report and is assessing the incident. Cybersecurity experts warned that vendors handling large volumes of ID checks are increasing targets because they hold sensitive personal data.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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