![]() In addition to the absolute pile of code, the data breach included tables revealing how much the platform’s streamers make each month. Regardless of whether or not user login information is included, all Twitch users are advised to change their password and ensure two-factor authentication is implemented as more leaked data may be coming down the pipe. ![]() The initial 4Chan post does not mention this, but some social media users claim to have found some while combing through the torrent. There are conflicting reports about whether encrypted or hashed passwords are included. ![]() According to the initial 4Chan post, the data breach contains just about every piece of proprietary code one could want from Twitch: the service’s clients for various platforms, all of the code for the site dating back to its inception, internal AWS services, proprietary SDKs, code for properties that Twitch has acquired (such as modding site CurseForge and the Internet Game Database), internal security “red teaming” tools for simulating attacks, and initial code for an online gaming platform called Vapor (comparable to Steam) that Amazon currently has in development. The leaker claims that the source code was taken from over 6,000 internal GitHub repositories. The site is one of the busiest in the world, regularly drawing numbers that put it in the company of services like Netflix and YouTube. It is also the leading site for “streamers” who make a living recording themselves playing video games online. The anonymous leaker accompanied the torrent link with a message that indicates that this is more of an activist action than an attempt at cyber crime captioning the initial post with a picture of a surprised Jeff Bezos (Amazon purchased Twitch for $970 million in 2014), the leaker called Twitch a “disgusting toxic cesspool” and exhorted the company to “do better.”įounded as the gaming specialty channel of pioneering streaming service in 2007, Twitch quickly took on a life of its own as the world’s premier online destination for eSports broadcasting. The data breach appeared as a 125 GB torrent link posted to popular message board 4Chan on Wednesday. Twitch data breach exposes entire platform to the public
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