Discord has confirmed one of its third-party customer service providers suffered a security incident. As a result, the personal information of certain users was accessed – including government-issued IDs.

We have seen age verification laws launched around the world, including in the UK, US, and the EU. Many have been attempting to use the best VPNs as a way of avoiding age checks, citing their perceived cybersecurity risks.

Experts have warned collecting sensitive personal information, such as government-issued IDs, is a "disaster waiting to happen" and sites adopting age verification would be a prime target for hackers.

Discord's case seems to reinforce this point, as IDs used for age verification were accessed. IDs were not directly submitted to the third-party in question but were re

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