One of the biggest issues facing any social media platform is that a few toxic users can ruin the experience for many, quickly turning thel space into an environment no one wants to spend time in. In ...

Discord users that signed up for a third-party backup service called RestoreCord may have had their data leaked in a breach. Credit: Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images UPDATE: Feb. 3, 2025, ...

In 2025, it feels like cybercriminals are winning while the world's biggest data hoarders are losing. One by one, global giants are admitting they've been breached, from tech powerhouses like Google ...

TL;DR: Discord confirmed a breach of a third-party customer service provider, exposing limited user data such as contact details, partial billing info, support messages, and some government ID images.

Discord started notifying users affected by a March data breach on Monday, about three months after the communications server went public about the attack in May. Of the 150 million monthly users that ...

The takeaway: Discord has disclosed that a breach at one of its external customer service vendors exposed personal information belonging to a subset of users. Although Discord's core platform was not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Discord, the hugely popular messaging platform with more than ...