Discord blamed 5CA, 5CA says it’s not its fault. Nevertheless, thousands of people’s sensitive data was leaked.
This month, Discord disclosed that there was a data breach that happened. and now, the blame game is starting.
Discord blamed a service provider for the hack that happened to its servers, but now this company is claiming that it wasn’t the cause of it, nor were they serving the data that was stolen.
Discord disclosed about this «Security Incident» back in early October. Reportedly, approximately 70,000 users were affected. After the initial notice about the hack was published, Discord then updated the page and directed the blame for the hack onto one of its providers.
According to Discord, there was a «breach» of third-party service provider 5CA. Discord says that this partner is used in its customer support system. Then, on October 14, 5CA responded to this claim, arguing that its systems were not involved.
5CA also claims that it hasn’t handled any government-issued IDs for Discord itself.
Reportedly, the breach involved a leak of tens of thousands of passports and driving license photographs, which were used for age verification.
5CA also claims that its systems are still secure, and client data is protected. The company goes on to say that it’s also performing its own investigation and working with Discord and experts in cybersecurity on the issue.
Meanwhile, some early findings suggest that the company wasn’t hacked, says 5CA. However, 5CA also claims that it’s possible that the breach happened from «human error», but it doesn’t specify more on this, and what it actually means.
