ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says
www.bbc.com
The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

From 2025.

  • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I hope I never gave them that. I had Nitro for a bit, but I don’t think I would have ever willingly gave them that.

  • rose56@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    8 days ago

    May? May? Just say that IDs where leaked. We all know nowdays that for sure are leaked.

  • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    7 days ago

    So so so so so misleading to post this when this will be interpreted as an event from 2026. Post should be removed IMO.

      • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        7 days ago

        I get that. I mean, that’s how I knew to come down here and say that it was misleading. But surely we can agree it’s strange to post something a year old on this particular community. especially something like this, that in context of what’s been going on with Discord really makes it seem like fresh news. Like, the 2025 part is only needed because the post is misleading to begin with

        • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
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          7 days ago

          But surely we can agree it’s strange to post something a year old on this particular community. especially something like this, that in context of what’s been going on with Discord really makes it seem like fresh news.

          Now that Discord has begun rolling out the ID verification that they postponed a few months ago, I think it’s a pretty important reminder. And as was said, the post title specifically says “(2025)”

    • Séimhe (sé / é)@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Yeah, dates in submission links would be great. Wonder if it can be automated so when I submit a URL, lemmy fetches the creation date while it’s fetching the headline.

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
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        8 days ago

        If the site metadata is made to contain fhe date then yeah, but otherwise I don’t think theres a way to get the date of the html file from its url…?

        If not, then there isn’t any standardized publication date format which allows us to automate retrieval.

        • Séimhe (sé / é)@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          7 days ago

          A lot of them use this in the HTML:

          <meta property="article:post_date" content="2026-09-24T15:42:36+0100">
<meta property="article:post_modified" content="2026-09-24T15:54:02+0100">
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-09-24T15:42:36Z">
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2026-09-24T15:54:02Z">

          I’ve scripted a fair bit of scraping in the past just by looking for those kinds of entries. But only focussed on a few dozen websites so I can’t say how common it is. Still, if the fetching function can validate the data it should be able to decide to continue without a date in those cases.

    • Sebeck0401@feddit.nlEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Yeah, they’ve changed. This time they’ll keep the data safe, for realsies, pinky promise. Im sure they even gave their employees a stern talking to!

    • mesa@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      8 days ago

      First ive heard of it.

      Also not trying to be rude but is this Technology or Technology news? Like I keep seeing people post things but if there not like the newest tech, they get downvoted. Im not saying thats incorrect but Id like to know in case I post what the distinction is.

      • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 days ago

        Either way it’s important to convey that this article is old and it didn’t happen a second time.

        This makes it sound current.

      • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        8 days ago

        In my opinion, no, Technology is “the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life”. A data breach is not an application of scientific knowledge in any way.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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        8 days ago

        is this Technology or Technology news?

        What’s the difference?

        I keep seeing people post things but if there not like the newest tech, they get downvoted

        Probably just because the vast majority of modern tech news is horrendous and exploitative. Something the users of this platform are attuned to.

      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        8 days ago

        “Tech news and articles”.

        Since this is purely a news article, it’s of little value a year later, when a more up-to-date article about verification would have more current information.

        If it was about how some part of the tech stack worked (“article”) and things hadn’t changed that much, an older article would probably fare better.

  • plz1@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 days ago

    This article is a year old, but relevant because Discord started doing the verifications again. The plan was never canceled, just delayed to a later news cycle. And this will absolutely happen again because there are no consequences.

  • Sibshops@feddit.clEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Storing raw photos feels like storing plaintext passwords. Hackers have access to your password and your photo now.

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Calling soyjak and kiwifarms just “Russian troll farms” really undersell the problem with them, but I guess since they regularly go after “anarkiddies”, it’s okay.