To the surprise of us in the newsroom and likely numerous existing Discord users who have felt the application get heavier and less performant over time, one lone developer has successfully backported ...

TL;DR: Discord reported that sensitive data from about 70,000 users, including government ID photos, was exposed due to a breach at a third-party customer service provider, 5CA. However, 5CA denies ...

Customer service support company 5CA has released a statement contradicting claims by Discord that it was the victim of a hack last month. On October 3, Discord disclosed a data breach that the ...

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 ...

I got a strange email from Discord last Friday at the very end of the work day informing me of “a recent security incident on September 20 involving your personal data.” It said personal info related ...

Communication platform Discord has confirmed that its user data was compromised during a third-party customer service hack. The platform, with over 200 million users, allows its customers to send free ...

Hackers may have stolen the government ID photos of around 70,000 Discord users, the company said Wednesday evening. In a statement, Discord, the popular chat app, said the breach affected people who ...

In brief: It's now possible to run a barebones version of Discord on legacy Microsoft operating systems including Windows 98 (and even Windows 95, if you're willing to jump through a few extra hoops).

There's a broader concern coming out of the Discord breach. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Seventy-thousand. That's the number of users who may have had their ...