Names, email addresses and other contact details of users from around the world could also have been taken

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

Names, email addresses and other contact details of users from around the world could also have been taken

As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come.