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Jeremy Laird

Discord says 70,000 age-verification ID photos may have been leaked in recent security breach that also includes names, usernames, emails, credit cards, and IP addresses

Discord hackers distribute malware that can stay persistent for months.

In a development that will come as no surprise to critics of age-verification legislation, Discord has just put a figure on its recent security breach in terms of the number of government photo IDs that have been compromised. And that figure is 70,000.

In a statement to The Verge, Discord clarified that its own security was not breached. Instead, it was a third-party supplier of customer support that was compromised.

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