Another KYC failure. Government ID photos, names, email addresses, contact details, IP addresses, and customer support messages of roughly 70,000 Discord users worldwide were compromised after hackers breached a company contracted to handle Discord’s age verification process.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/09/hack-age-verification-firm-discord-users-id-photos
On nostr:nprofile1qqs8d3c64cayj8canmky0jap0c3fekjpzwsthdhx4cthd4my8c5u47spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhs3w8c9w s podcast, Kara Swisher made the argument that "we ID for buying alcohol, why not for social media?"
OK, but my local liquor store doesn't have to store data for millions of users...
Scary
my data was compromised, I got the discord email, luckily I wasn't stupid enough to upload ID or credit card information. Just my email I guess was compromised
Expect more of this in a digital ID world. All the best 🙏🏻
And all these fuckwits want to KYC the whole internet now.
"Hacked" ...? or was it the unspoken part of the "contract."
Another KYC failure. Government ID photos, names, email addresses, contact details, IP addresses, and customer support messages of roughly 70,000 Discord users worldwide were compromised after hackers breached a company contracted to handle Discord’s age verification process.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/09/hack-age-verification-firm-discord-users-id-photos
Even worse when hotel guests or airplane passenger information is leaked - as that usually contains address, birthday and phone number. Or government ID
