One of the worst case scenarios for ID age verification is already here, with a Discord breach compromising some users' data

If you haven't shared info with Discord's Customer Support team recently, you most likely won't be impacted by this breach.
TheGamer on MSN

Discord Hacker Allegedly Has Two Million Age Verification Photos, Including ID

It's being claimed that whoever breached Discord now has access to 1.5TB of user data, with more than two million photos.
PCMag

Discord Confirms 70K Govt IDs Exposed in Breach, Hackers Are Posting People's Age-Verification Selfies Online

Discord also confirms that hackers accessed user data by breaching a third-party service provider called 5CA, which the ...
Wired

Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes?

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The ...
The Verge

Reddit and Discord’s UK age verification can be defeated by Death Stranding’s photo mode

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...
Biometric Update

Over-retention of age verification data has predictable result in Discord breach

The breach only impacts users who have shared identity document information with Discord’s Customer Support or Trust & Safety ...
Comicbook.com

Discord Adds Age Verification, but Users Are Beating It With Death Stranding 2

Discord users in the United Kingdom are facing new age verification standards when using the app. However, it did not take long for users to find a way around this, and the method is surprising. Hideo ...