Hackers breach Zendesk to extort Discord with stolen IDs
Zendesk, the customer service firm popular with crypto trading companies, was hacked this week and the attackers are using stolen personal data to bribe the messaging platform Discord. Discord revealed last Friday that users interacting with its support or trust and safety teams may have been impacted by a breach targeting its third-party customer service provider. It claimed that hackers gained access to “a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination,” and may have accessed other personal data, from contact details to billing information. Security researcher VX Underground reported on Saturday that Zendesk was the compromised third party. Now, it says that the hackers obtained over 2 million age verification-related photos and are extorting Discord with the photos as leverage. Chat, we are cooked Discord is being extorted by the people who compromised their Zendesk instance They've go...