Discord's new age verification system faces scrutiny after hackers expose parts of its code, raising privacy and security concerns.

As reported on by the BBC, on September 20, 2025, a third-party provider called 5CA was compromised. The company supports Discord’s customer service and age verification appeals. The breach lasted 58 ...

Twitch now requires some content creators to verify their identity through Persona, the company with links to mass surveillance programs.

Communication platform Discord is under fire after an identity verification software it used, Persona Identities, was found to have front-end code accessible on the open internet. Nearly 2,500 ...

Discord has cut ties with identity-verification company Persona — a startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund — after ...

Unsurprisingly, Discord's "teen-by-default" settings and ID verification announcement isn't going over well with its user base. On Monday, the messaging platform announced it will require all adult ...

In February 2026, Discord announced that it would enable underage settings by default, requiring users to verify their age via camera before accessing adult content. Discord announces that it will ...

Discord had a data breach back on September 20th, via an outsourced support contractor. It seems it was a Zendesk instance that was accessed for 58 hours through a compromised contractor user account.