Discord says that approximately 70,000 users may have had their government ID photos exposed as part of a data breach of a third-party service.
Discord has identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had their government ID photos exposed as part of a customer service data breach announced last week, spokesperson Nu Wexler tells The Verge. A tweet by vx-underground said that the company was being extorted over a breach of its Zendesk instance by a group claiming to have “1.5TB of age verification related photos. 2,185,151 photos.”
When we asked about the tweet, Wexler shared this statement:
Following last week’s announcement about a security incident involving a third-party customer service provider, we want to address inaccurate claims by those responsible that are circulating online. First, as stated in our blog post, this was not a breach of Discord, but rather a third-party service we use to support our customer service efforts. Second, the numbers being shared are incorrect and part of an attempt to extort a payment from Discord. Of the accounts impacted globally, we have identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government-ID photos exposed, which our vendor used to review age-related appeals. Third, we will not reward those responsible for their illegal actions.
All affected users globally have been contacted and we continue to work closely with law enforcement, data protection authorities, and external security experts. We’ve secured the affected systems and ended work with the compromised vendor. We take our responsibility to protect your personal data seriously and understand the concern this may cause.
In its announcement last week, Discord said that information like names, usernames, emails, the last four digits of credit cards, and IP addresses also may have been impacted by the breach.
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Discord
October 3, 2025
At Discord, protecting the privacy and security of our users is a top priority. That’s why it’s important to us that we’re transparent with them about events that impact their personal information.
Discord recently discovered an incident where an unauthorized party compromised one of Discord’s third-party customer service providers.
This incident impacted a limited number of users who had communicated with our Customer Support or Trust & Safety teams.
This unauthorized party did not gain access to Discord directly.
No messages or activities were accessed beyond what users may have discussed with Customer Support or Trust & Safety agents.
We immediately revoked the customer support provider’s access to our ticketing system and continue to investigate this matter.
We’re working closely with law enforcement to investigate this matter.
We are in the process of emailing the users impacted.
At Discord, protecting the privacy and security of our users is a top priority. That’s why it’s important to us that we’re transparent with them about events that impact their personal information.
Recently, we discovered an incident where an unauthorized party compromised one of Discord’s third-party customer service providers. The unauthorized party then gained access to information from a limited number of users who had contacted Discord through our Customer Support and/or Trust & Safety teams.
As soon as we became aware of this attack, we took immediate steps to address the situation. This included revoking the customer support provider’s access to our ticketing system, launching an internal investigation, engaging a leading computer forensics firm to support our investigation and remediation efforts, and engaging law enforcement.
We are in the process of contacting impacted users. If you were impacted, you will receive an email from noreply@discord.com. We will not contact you about this incident via phone – official Discord communications channels are limited to emails from noreply@discord.com.
What happened?
An unauthorized party targeted our third-party customer support services to access user data, with a view to extort a financial ransom from Discord.
What data was involved?
The data that may have been impacted was related to our customer service system. This may include:
Name, Discord username, email and other contact details if provided to Discord customer support
Limited billing information such as payment type, the last four digits of your credit card, and purchase history if associated with your account
IP addresses
Messages with our customer service agents
Limited corporate data (training materials, internal presentations)
The unauthorized party also gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination. If your ID may have been accessed, that will be specified in the email you receive.
What data was not involved?
Full credit card numbers or CCV codes
Messages or activity on Discord beyond what users may have discussed with customer support
Passwords or authentication data
What are we doing about this?
Discord has and will continue to take all appropriate steps in response to this situation. As standard, we will continue to frequently audit our third-party systems to ensure they meet our security and privacy standards. In addition, we have:
Notified relevant data protection authorities.
Proactively engaged with law enforcement to investigate this attack.
Reviewed our threat detection systems and security controls for third-party support providers.
Taking next steps
Looking ahead, we recommend impacted users stay alert when receiving messages or other communication that may seem suspicious. We have service agents on hand to answer questions and provide additional support.
We take our responsibility to protect your personal data seriously and understand the inconvenience and concern this may cause.
The Socket Research team investigates a malicious Python package disguised as a Discord error logger that executes remote commands and exfiltrates data via a covert C2 channel.
On March 21, 2022, a Python package ‘discordpydebug’ was uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) under the name "Discord py error logger." At first glance, it appeared to be a simple utility aimed at developers working on Discord bots using the Discord.py library. However, the package concealed a fully functional remote access trojan (RAT). Over time, the package reached over 11,000 downloads, placing thousands of developer systems at risk.
The package targeted developers who build or maintain Discord bots, typically indie developers, automation engineers, or small teams who might install such tools without extensive scrutiny. Since PyPI doesn’t enforce deep security audits of uploaded packages, attackers often take advantage of this by using misleading descriptions, legitimate-sounding names, or even copying code from popular projects to appear trustworthy. In this case, the goal was to lure unsuspecting developers into installing a backdoor disguised as a debugging aid.
Discord’s developer ecosystem is both massive and tightly knit. With over 200 million monthly active users, more than 25% of whom interact with third-party apps, Discord has rapidly evolved into a platform where developers not only build but also live test, share, and iterate on new ideas directly with their users. Public and private servers dedicated to development topics foster an informal, highly social culture where tips, tools, and code snippets are shared freely and often used with little scrutiny. It’s within these trusted peer-to-peer spaces that threat actors can exploit social engineering tactics, positioning themselves as helpful community members and promoting tools like discordpydebug under the guise of debugging utilities.
The fact that this package was downloaded over 11,000 times, despite having no README or documentation, highlights how quickly trust can be weaponized in these environments. Whether spread via casual recommendation, targeted DMs, or Discord server threads, such packages can gain traction before ever being formally vetted.
Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of the year to block attackers from using its CDN (content delivery network) for hosting and pushing malware.
A new macOS malware dubbed 'KandyKorn' has been spotted in a campaign attributed to the North Korean Lazarus hacking group, targeting blockchain engineers of a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
The attackers impersonate members of the cryptocurrency community on Discord channels to spread Python-based modules that trigger a multi-stage KandyKorn infection chain.
Elastic Security discovered and attributed the attacks to Lazarus based on overlaps with past campaigns concerning the employed techniques, network infrastructure, code-signing certificates, and custom Lazarus detection rules.
The Discord.io custom invite service has temporarily shut down after suffering a data breach exposing the information of 760,000 members.
Discord is notifying users of a data breach that occurred after the account of a third-party support agent was compromised.
CyberArk Labs discovered a new malware called Vare that is distributed over the popular chatting service, Discord. Vare has been used to target new malware operators by using social engineering tactics on them. Additionally, we have found that Vare uses Discord’s infrastructure as a backbone for its operations. This malware is linked to a new group called “Kurdistan 4455” based out of southern Turkey and is still early in its forming stage.
The man behind a massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has exposed spying on allies, revealed the grim prospects for Ukraine’s war with Russia and ignited diplomatic fires for the White House is a young, charismatic gun enthusiast who shared highly classified documents with a group of far-flung acquaintances searching for companionship amid the isolation of the pandemic.
In recent days, the US Justice Department and Pentagon have begun investigating an apparent online leak of sensitive documents, including some that were marked “Top Secret”.
A portion of the documents, which have since been widely covered by the news media, focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while others detailed analysis of potential UK policies on the South China Sea and the activities of a Houthi figure in Yemen.
The existence of the documents was first reported by the New York Times after a number of Russian Telegram channels shared five photographed files relating to the invasion of Ukraine on April 5 – at least one of which has since been found by Bellingcat to be crudely edited.
Menlo Labs has uncovered an unknown threat actor leveraging an evasive threat campaign distributed via Discord featuring the PureCrypter downloader and targeting government entities.
Cyble analyzes a new wave of ransomware attacks being led by AXLocker, Octocrypt, and Alice ransomware and how they target Discord tokens.
