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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Josh Marcus

Around 70,000 users’ personal data at risk after hackers target popular messaging platform for gamers

Hackers have obtained information about scores of users on the popular messaging app Discord, putting sensitive data for tens of thousands of people at risk, including images government IDs, names and contact details.

The company announced last week that one of its third-party vendors involved in customer support had been compromised.

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