70,000 users' age verification data hacked post Online Safety Act just as we expected

Once the OSA forced the use of 3rd party age verification services it was only a matter of time until a major hack came to light.

Everyone in the tech sector were simultaneously astonished and horrified when the UK Government announced the details of the OSA and its apparent lack of appreciation that they had instantly waved a welcome flag to hackers and criminals letting them know that lots of data regarding users of specific platforms and 3rd party providers would be up to stealing.

We have just found out that 70,000 Discord users’ government issued ID data is now in the hands of hackers as part of an infiltration of a Zendesk instance belonging to a third-party customer support company working for the platform.

Discord told The Verge, “this was not a breach of Discord, but rather a third-party service we use to support our customer service efforts. Second, the numbers being shared are incorrect and part of an attempt to extort a payment from Discord. Of the accounts impacted globally, we have identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government ID photos exposed, which our vendor used to review age related appeals. Third, we will not reward those responsible for their illegal actions.”

Discord has said it has already notified those impacted by the data breach. It also said that data including a user’s name, Discord username, email, limited billing information, IP addresses, and “limited corporate data” may have also been obtained by hackers.

And we want to let this government manage our Digital ID with everything available ?