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|Founded=1998
|Founded=1998
|Industry=Customer Service Outsourcing
|Industry=Customer Service Outsourcing
|Logo=5ca logo.svg
|Logo=5CA logo.svg
|Type=Private
|Type=Private
|Website=https://5ca.com
|Website=https://5ca.com
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5CA is a customer support outsourcing and technology company used by gaming and tech brands.
'''5CA''' is a customer support outsourcing and technology company used by gaming and tech brands.


==Consumer-impact summary==
==Consumer impact summary==
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===Privacy===
 
5CA have been the source of at least one known data breach, involving the exposure of approximately 70,000 government IDs of Discord users.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-03 |title=Update on a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service |url=https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220165327/https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service |archive-date=20 Dec 2025 |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=Discord}}</ref>
*'''Privacy:''' 5CA have been the source of at least one known data breach, involving the exposure of approximately 70,000 government IDs of Discord users.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=3 Oct 2025 |title=Update on a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service |url=https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220165327/https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service |archive-date=20 Dec 2025 |access-date=13 Oct 2025 |website=[[Discord]]}}</ref>


==Incidents==
==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].


===Discord Third-Party Customer Service data breach (Oct. 2025)===
===Discord third-party customer cervice data breach (''2025'')===
{{Main|Discord / 5CA Data Breach}}
{{Main|Discord / 5CA Data Breach}}
On 3 October 2025, Discord issued a press release announcing "a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service [5CA]", in which "The unauthorized party [...] gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination". The total number of ID images exposed was approximately 70,000.<ref name=":0" />
On 3 October 2025, Discord issued a press release announcing "a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service [5CA]", in which "The unauthorized party [...] gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination". The total number of ID images exposed was approximately 70,000.<ref name=":0" />
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==References==
==References==
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