Jessy Edwards  |  October 12, 2021

Category: Data Breach

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Twitch Leak Overview: 

  • Who: Live streaming service Twitch.
  • What: The streaming platform announced a major Twitch data breach after an anonymous hacker leaked much of its information online, including source code.
  • Where: The data was reportedly posted to 4chan, an anonymous online imageboard.

Twitch has reportedly suffered a major data breach, with an anonymous hacker posting a giant, 125GB trove of data to 4chan, saying they want to “foster more disruption” in the online video streaming space.

The torrent link was posted to the message board 4chan Oct. 6, with the hacker reportedly stating that Twitch’s community was a “disgusting, toxic cesspool,” Video Games Chronicle reports.

The leaked information reportedly contains the entirety of Twitch’s source code, user payout information from 2019, Twitch clients, an unreleased Steam competitor made by Amazon, and internal Twitch cybersecurity tools.

The company is not currently facing legal action over the Twitch leak, but Top Class Actions follows data breaches closely to help keep consumers informed and because they sometimes prompt class action lawsuits.

Twitch Leak Confirmed, Consumers Warned To Take Security Measures

Twitch confirmed the hack the same day on its Twitter account, and said it was “working with urgency” to investigate the incident. 

“We have learned that some data was exposed to the internet due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party,” the company said. 

Twitch said it had no indication that login credentials were exposed, and full credit card numbers were not exposed as Twitch does not keep them on file.

The Twitch data breach files mentioned on 4chan are publicly available to download. In it, the entirety of Twitch’s source code going back to its early beginnings is reportedly available.

Some users have recommended Twitch account owners turn on two-factor authentication to protect themselves. 

Twitch also announced it had reset all stream keys “out of an abundance of caution,” with users required to reset their keys to use Twitch.

The news comes as online trading platform Robinhood faces a class action claiming it violated privacy laws by failing to provide adequate security measures, resulting in a data breach affecting about 2,000 customers’ funds and personal information after a successful Robinhood hack in October of last year. 

T-Mobile is also fighting a class action lawsuit claiming its lax data security allowed for millions of customers’ social security numbers, phone numbers, names and addresses to be stolen and sold online for bitcoin. 

Do you use Twitch? Are you surprised by the Twitch leak? Let us know in the comments.


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