{"id":144982,"date":"2025-10-09T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/discord-says-hackers-stole-government-ids-of-70000-users\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:24:13","slug":"discord-says-hackers-stole-government-ids-of-70000-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/discord-says-hackers-stole-government-ids-of-70000-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Discord says that hackers made off with images of 70,000 users\u2019 government IDs that they were required to provide in order to use the site.<\/p>\n<p>Like an increasing number of sites, Discord requires certain users to provide a photo or scan of their driver&#8217;s license or other government ID that shows they meet the minimum age requirements in their country. In some cases, Discord allows users to prove their age by providing a selfie that shows their faces (it\u2019s not clear how a face proves someone\u2019s age, but there you go). The social media site imposes these requirements on users who are reported by other users to be under the minimum age for the country they\u2019re connecting from.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cA substantial risk for identity theft\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, Discord <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/press-releases\/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service\">said<\/a> that ID images of roughly 70,000 users \u201cmay have had government-ID photos exposed\u201d in a recent breach of a third-party service Discord entrusted to manage the data. The affected users had communicated with Discord\u2019s Customer Support or Trust &amp; Safety teams and subsequently submitted the IDs in reviews of age-related appeals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/10\/discord-says-hackers-stole-government-ids-of-70000-users\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/10\/discord-says-hackers-stole-government-ids-of-70000-users\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discord says that hackers made off with images of 70,000 users\u2019 government IDs that they were required to provide in order to use the site. Like an increasing number of sites, Discord requires certain users to provide a photo or scan of their driver&#8217;s license or other government ID that shows they meet the minimum age requirements in their country. 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