1. Discord admitted a data breach involving approximately 70,000 users' sensitive information, including government ID photos and IP addresses, after a third-party vendor used for age-related appeals was hacked.
2. The hackers claim they stole 1.5 terabytes of data, potentially affecting more users than Discord has reported. Discord denies these claims and considers them extortion attempts.
3. This incident raises concerns about the use of age checks on the internet, as such practices often require users to upload sensitive information, a topic under debate in various countries like the U.S. and U.K., where age verification laws have been enacted in some states and broader platforms like YouTube and Spotify are now required to verify users' ages.