A third-party service provider was compromised, and information from people who had communicated with Discord's customer support and trust and safety teams was exposed.

Discord's ID photo breach exposed 70,000+ government documents when hackers infiltrated support vendor Zendesk for 58 hours using social engineering.

Discord has informed users that a data breach occurred at a third-party vendor that has resulted in the exposure of about 70,000 users’ government identifications.

A Discord spokesperson said the breach occurred through a third-party service it uses for customer support.

We now know exactly how small of a number this supposedly is, with Discord spokesperson Nu Wexler telling The Verge that approximately 70,000 people may have had their IDs compromised.

Discord says that hackers made off with images of 70,000 users’ government IDs that they were required to provide in order to use the site.

Learn more about the cyber attack that saw Discord user data compromised, including some basic payment information.