After breaching a third-party customer support provider, hackers took personally identifiable information, such as names and government-issued identification documents, and partial payment details from a few Discord members.
A small number of users who dealt with Discord’s customer service and/or Trust and Safety teams were impacted by the September 20 hack.
Discord was developed as a messaging app for gamers, who make up over 90% of its user base. However, it has now spread to other areas, including phone chats, video calls, and text messages.
Discord has over 200 million monthly users, according to the platform’s statistics. An unauthorized entity got restricted access to a third-party customer care system utilized by Discord read more about Discord discloses data breach after hackers steal support tickets.
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