2026-09-23T23:08:31.190983Z

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mesa@mesamunefire@piefed.social

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ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says (2025)

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

From 2025.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo

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www.bbc.comID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord saysThe platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

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2026-09-24T06:15:20.054897Z

cotlovan@cotlovan@lemmy.world

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I thought that they were deleting the photos immediately after verification. They didn’t??? Why aren’t these companies being investigated and punished?

2026-09-24T08:51:44.006878Z

HaraldvonBlauzahn@HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org

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Why? For example, XING just got sold and with it all personal information. This is why they didn’t.

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