Twitch hit by data breach, hackers leak source codes

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The unnamed criminal allegedly disclosed Twitch details, including information about company code, clients, and unspecified games, according to the Video Games Chronicle.


Bengaluru, India: Twitch hit data breach, live streaming platform by Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday, without giving further details.

Twitch confirmed the data breach and said "their teams are working urgently to understand the magnitude of this". The company declined to comment further and said it would review the public as soon as more information was available ”.

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Twitch, an online sports platform with over 30 million visitors, has already become very popular with artists and video players where they meet users while streaming live.


The hacker's motive was to create "more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space, according to" About 125 GB of data has been disclosed, including details on the highest-paid video game streamers since 2019, such as a $ 9.6 million payment to the voice actors of the popular show ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and $ 8.4 million in broadcasting to Canada, the report said.

"Twitch leaks are real. It involves a lot of details," said cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont.

Mature leaks are real. Includes a significant amount of personal data. Harmed the InfoSec team

The platform, which was shot earlier this year by users for not doing enough to prevent harassment, had previously taken steps to ban users of words such as hateful party membership and loyal threats of mass violence.

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The way online platforms are getting hit by cyber criminals is now alarming. Adequate security measures should be put in place to prevent these cyberpunks from perpetrating their heinous activities.

Excellent read. Thanks for sharing buddy

Adequate security measures should be put in place to prevent these cyberpunks from perpetrating their heinous activities.

You are right, some security measures must be there to prevent this kind of data breaches.

@samminator, Thank you for appreciating : )