As I browse the web in 2025, I rarely encounter captchas anymore. There’s no slanted text to discern. No image grid of stoplights to identify. And on the rare occasion that I am asked to complete some ...

Russian state-backed hackers are using fake “I am not a robot” CAPTCHA pages to deliver new strains of espionage malware, according to Google Cloud’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), marking a fresh ...

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source. On Friday, Oct. 3, Discord ...

A third-party service for customer support was hit. About 70,000 users may have had government ID photos accessed. The incident highlights the challenges of state-imposed age verification. Discord has ...

Last week, it was reported that Discord had suffered a breach of security through a third-party customer support service it uses. Specifically, its age verification system was hit and a large number ...

Discord denies these new claims. Zendesk denies involvement. Representatives of Discord and Zendesk responded to our request for comment. Firstly, Discord denies the figures being circulated online, ...

Last week, Discord revealed that a security breach had exposed some of its users' personal information — including government IDs collected for age verification. At the time, the voice chat and ...

A breach of popular cross-platform communications app Discord may be incredibly serious, with a security research group claiming that 2.1 million passport and driving license photos were taken by ...

TL;DR: Discord confirmed a late-September breach via a third-party customer service provider exposed limited user data, including names, emails, and partial billing details. Hackers claim to have ...

Discord is reportedly being extorted by hackers responsible for breaching a database containing the sensitive age verification data of more than 2.1 million users, who are threatening to leak it. In a ...

The hackers "did not gain access to Discord directly," but some users' data is still at risk. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add ...