Discord has cut ties with identity-verification company Persona — a startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund — after online researchers claimed the vendor’s software was tied to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A third-party vendor used by Discord was compromised, and government ID photos were among the items stolen. Hackers have stolen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Persona, partially funded by Peter Thiel’s venture firm Founders Fund, continues to provide age verification services for OpenAI, ...

Discord has confirmed a security incident involving one of its third-party vendors that has led to the exposure of government-issued identification photos belonging to approximately 70,000 users. This ...

Discord has revealed the theft of around 70,000 government-issued ID photos in a recent data breach. The platform was targeted by cybercriminals who compromised one of Discord’s third-party vendors.

Discord will use account signals to place users in age groups, saying more than 90% will not need to confirm their age. It has also named its verification vendors and added alternatives to face and ID ...