From ComputerWorld: The Discord user data breach offers yet another argument against the UK government’s authoritarian plans for Digital ID. A sensible government would consider the implications before forcing people to risk information with a stunt like this.
So, what happened?
The online speculation is that millions of government ID data items might have been stolen in an attack against an identity verification service used by Discord. Discord says it has “identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government-ID photos exposed, which our vendor used to review age-related appeals.”
It also said it is communicating with users affected by the hack and is working with law enforcement to investigate the matter.
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