Tens of thousands of Discord users may have seen their ID data hacked. This doesn't bode well for the UK's Digital ID push.

A small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination” were included in the leak, Discord informed users like me last week.

The incident highlights the challenges of state-imposed age verification. Discord has revealed the theft of around 70,000 government-issued ID photos in a recent data breach.

Hackers are threatening to release user identification after 2.1M passport and license photos leaked in a Discord vendor hack ...

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