https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service
Oct 3, 2025 — ... extort a financial ransom from Discord. What data was involved? The data that may have been impacted was related to our customer service ...Read more
https://explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpsadm/17/2/59
Group '764' targets minors to extort them into creating child sexual abuse material, self-harming, and other nefarious activities.Read more
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo
Oct 9, 2025 — ... Discord has revealed. A spokesperson for Discord told the BBC that those claims are inaccurate and "part of an attempt to extort payment".Read more
https://discord.com/safety/child-safety-policy-explainer
Aug 29, 2025 — Discord has a zero-tolerance policy towards individuals who engage in sexual abuse, sexual grooming (solicitation), sexual extortion ...Read more
https://www.virtru.com/blog/data-centric-security/the-discord-breach-exposes-a-growing-data-protection-challenge
Oct 17, 2025 — ... extortion attempt, Discord has firmly disputed these inflated numbers as "incorrect and part of an attempt to extort a payment from Discord.".Read more
https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1nxplij/discord_a_limited_number_of_users_who_contacted/
An unauthorized party targeted our third-party customer support services to access user data, with a view to extort a financial ransom from ...Read more
https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/danger-on-discord-how-764-prey-on-and-extort-minors/
by R Fletcher · 2025 · Cited by 1 — Group '764' targets minors to extort them into creating child sexual abuse material, self-harming, and other nefarious activities.Read more
https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2023/PSA230912
Sep 12, 2023 — ... extort them into recording or live-streaming acts of self-harm and ... The groups use extortion and blackmail tactics, such as ...Read more
https://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/discord-data-breach-exposes-user-ids-billing-info-and-photo-ids/
Oct 7, 2025 — Their taunting messages and public proof-of-access claims suggest the attack may have been motivated by extortion. Discord confirmed the ...Read more
https://www.digitalforensics.com/blog/sextortion-online/discord-sextortion/?srsltid=AfmBOoqkzRuvKwe2Wxmx0GgJCetcQ1L5kACFRkWryuv79i17sV8hgzP4
Nov 5, 2025 — What are You Looking for? Search. Cybersecurity Tips · Digital Blackmail · Extortion Scams · Internet harassment · Internet Sextortion ...Read more
https://www.trolleyesecurity.com/articles-news-discord-data-breach/
Discord Rejects Extortion Demand ... Discord is refusing to pay ransom to threat actors who claim to have stolen data belonging to 5.5 million users from the ...Read more
https://therecord.media/discord-data-breach-third-party
Oct 7, 2025 — The cybercriminals attempted to extort Discord after stealing the information on September 20, the company explained. Discord, used widely ...Read more
https://mashable.com/article/how-bad-is-discord-hack-what-you-need-to-know
Discord says approximately 70,000 Discord users have had photos of their IDs stolen by hackers who are now attempting to extort the site. The hackers claim ...Read more
https://www.theverge.com/news/797051/discord-government-ids-leaked-data-breach
Oct 8, 2025 — Second, the numbers being shared are incorrect and part of an attempt to extort a payment from Discord. Of the accounts impacted globally ...Read more
https://troomi.com/blog/the-dark-side-of-discord-exposing-group-764/
The warning stated, “The groups use extortion and blackmail tactics, such as threatening to SWAT or DOX the minor victims, if they do not comply with the groups ...Read more
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2024/8/warner-demands-answers-from-discord-over-violent-predatory-groups-targeting-virginia-teens
Aug 12, 2024 — ... extort ... The findings and recommendations of this task force underscore the need for platforms like Discord to act on the self-harm extortion of ...Read mor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbXATeFfkRA
... Discords says the hackers were trying to extort them for a financial ransom, so your data is in the hands of some nasty people. But also ...
https://hackread.com/discord-hackers-id-photos-dismisses-extortion-claim/
Oct 9, 2025 — Discord Says Hackers Stole 70,000 ID Photos, Dismisses Extortion Claims ... extort a payment from Discord….Third, we will not reward those ...Read more
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/discord-users-data-stolen-by-hackers-in-third-party-data-breach
Discord has confirmed that users who contacted its customer support service have had their data stolen by hackers, who have attempted to extort a ransom ...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/discord-user-charged-interstate-scheme-lure-children-and-traffic-child-pornography
Apr 30, 2025 — ... extorted a minor to produce pornographic content with threats of blackmail. This alleged cyclical abuse groomed victims into submission ...Read more