It would appear that Twitch has been hacked as an anonymous 4chan poster has shared a 125GB torrent that it is claimed includes the source code for Twitch as well as years of creator payouts, and more. As of writing, Twitch has yet to address the massive leak, but is reportedly aware of the breach.

As reported by Video Games Chronicle, the anonymous 4chan poster claimed that the leak is meant to "foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space" as Twitch's "community is a disgusting toxic cesspool." VGC also reports that an anonymous company source has confirmed that the leaked data is legitimate that that Twitch believes that the data could have been obtained as recently as Monday of this week.

The leak reportedly includes the following information:

The full entirety of Twitch.tv "with commit history going back to its early beginnings"
The source code for the mobile, desktop, and console Twitch clients
Years of details about creator payouts on Twitch going back to 2019
An unreleased competitor for Steam from Amazon Game Studios codenamed Vapor
Internal security tools for Twitch
Code related to proprietary SDKs and services used by Twitch

There are conflicting reports about what sort of personal information about Twitch users the leak might have included. Broadly speaking, the stated goals of the anonymous 4chan poster seem to be about sharing Twitch's own information rather than the personal information of users, but these sorts of massive leaks and data breaches are often associated with the release of encrypted passwords and more. Even if the breach does not actually include personal information or encrypted passwords, it is still likely worth changing your Twitch password and enabling two-factor authentication on your account if you have not already.

In general, Twitch has been dealing with significant harassment on its platform over the past weeks. It added new account verification options at the end of September to combat so-called "hate raids" on the platform. "No one should have to experience malicious and hateful attacks based on who they are or what they stand for," the company stated in August in response to community actions that demanded a response. "This is not the community we want on Twitch, and we want you to know we are working hard to make Twitch a safer place for creators."

We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. Thank you for bearing with us.

— Twitch (@Twitch) October 6, 2021

Posted: Oct 06, 2021 9:19 am
Last Updated: Oct 06, 2021 10:36 am
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/twitch-hack-source-code-data-breach-leak/