Discord has warned users it suffered a cyberattack which caused a potentially worrying data breach. In a data breach notification announcement posted on the company’s blog, Discord said a third party, providing customer support services, was breached.
“The unauthorized party then gained access to information from a limited number of users who had contacted Discord through our Customer Support and/or Trust & Safety teams,” Discord said.
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Source: TechRadar News
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