Hackers may have stolen the government ID photos of around 70,000 Discord users, the company said Wednesday evening.

In a statement, Discord, the popular chat app, said the breach affected people who had contacted the platform’s customer support or trust and safety teams to verify their age, and that it was in the process of emailing the people whose information was accessed.

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Discord users can be required to prove they are adults to use the platform, a process that can require users to upload their government ID cards, including driver’s licenses and passports.

In the update, Discord said it was not directly hacked, but rather that the data was stolen because hackers “compromised one of our third-party vendors.”

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