data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service” data-url=”https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Discord has just notified its users of a data breach that occurred a couple of weeks ago, on September 20, where hackers gained access to user information through third-party channels. Discord was not directly hacked; instead, the bad actors compromised one of its customer service providers, from which they gained access to mainly users’ contact information, including email addresses and real names. This data was intended to be used as leverage to demand a financial ransom from Discord, but thankfully,…
