Twitch Hacked: The whole website of game broadcasting platform Twitch has apparently been leaked online in what might be one of the most high-profile site breaches we’ve seen.
An unidentified hacker has reportedly managed to tear the twitch.tv website, according to Video Game Chronicles (VGC).
He sent a torrent link containing 125GB of data, including information on creator payments, code for mobile, desktop, and console clients, Twitch SDKs, data on additional Twitch properties, and information on Vapor, an unannounced Steam rival under development at Amazon Game Studios.
The leak looks to be real, and Twitch was aware of it, according to sources within the Amazon-owned game streaming site.
https://t.co/7vTDeRA9vt got leaked. Like, the entire website; Source code with comments for the website and various console/phone versions, refrences to an unreleased steam competitor, payouts, encrypted passwords that kinda thing.
— Sinoc (@Sinoc229) October 6, 2021
Might wana change your passwords.
The torrent file was published to 4Chan and is now accessible for download to the general public. The hacker did so in order to “promote greater disruption and competition in the online video streaming sector,” and because he believes the Twitch community is “a nasty poisonous quagmire.”
So far, neither Amazon nor Twitch have confirmed the breach, but if you’re a Twitch user, it’s highly suggested that you change your passwords and use two-factor authentication just in case.
To do so, when signed in, click on your profile image in the upper right corner, then select settings.
Then, under the Security and Privacy page, you should be able to update your password and modify your two-factor authentication settings.
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