Discord is under scrutiny after a group claiming responsibility for a recent breach stated that it holds 1.5 TB of age-verification photos, totaling 2,185,151 images. A post on social media by Discord Previews reported the claim, saying that the stolen files are being used to extort Discord.
Update: We have become aware that the perpetrators of this attack claim to have obtained 1.5 TB of age-verification photos totalling 2,185,151 images, which they are now using to extort Discord. https://t.co/iCPl7ljQLy pic.twitter.com/cTrnDCaTeu
— Discord Previews (@DiscordPreviews) October 8, 2025
On October 3, Discord publicly announced that an “unauthorized party compromised one of Discord’s third-party customer service providers.” Occurring in late September, the breach affected a range of user and corporate information, including:
- Name, Discord username, email, and other contact details if provided to Discord customer support
- Limited billing information, such as payment type, the last four digits of your credit card, and purchase history, if associated with your account
- IP addresses
- Messages with Discord customer service agents
- Limited corporate data, including training materials and internal presentations
Information such as full credit card and CCV numbers, private messages, passwords, and other authentication data was not involved.
“Discord and k-ID do not permanently store personal identity documents or your video selfies,“ the company said. “The image of your identity document and the ID face match selfie are deleted directly after your age group is confirmed, and the video selfie used for facial age estimation never leaves your device.“
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