New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Communication platform Discord has confirmed that its user data was compromised during a third-party customer service hack. The platform, with over 200 million users, allows its customers to send free text, voice, and video messages in private chats or through private communities called 'servers'.

​Discord confirmed that the hack impacted a 'limited number' of users who had communicated with the company's customer support team. The hackers did not directly access Discord but got the data via one of the company's third-party customer service providers.

​The platform says that the hack was conducted in order to gain access to user data and extort a financial ransom from Discord.

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