Discord says only 70,000 government ID photos exposed in third-party service breach, denies 2.1 million figure — says it won’t pay $3.5 million ransom and has cut communications with hackers, who are threatening to go public

October 9, 2025

, By Tom’s Hardware

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Discord has spoken out after a recent breach of a “third-party service,” thought likely to be Zendesk’s support system, stating that around 70,000 government ID photos may have been exposed; rather than the 2.1 million that hackers claim. It also made it clear that Discord itself wasn’t breached, and that regardless of what the hackers claim, it won’t be paying out any ransom demands, according to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>BleepingComputer.

The breach occurred on September 20, with the hackers claiming to have used the Zendesk…

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Discord says only 70,000 government ID photos exposed in third-party service breach, denies 2.1 million figure — says it won’t pay $3.5 million ransom and has cut communications with hackers, who are threatening to go public

October 9, 2025

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Discord has spoken out after a recent breach of a “third-party service,” thought likely to be Zendesk’s support system, stating that around 70,000 government ID photos may have been exposed; rather than the 2.1 million that hackers claim. It also made it clear that Discord itself wasn’t breached, and that regardless of what the hackers claim, it won’t be paying out any ransom demands, according to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>BleepingComputer.

The breach occurred on September 20, with the hackers claiming to have used the Zendesk…

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