An anonymous hacker claimed to have leaked Twitch data,
including information related to the company's source code, clients and
unreleased games, according to Video Games Chronicle, which first reported the
news of the hack.
Twitch confirmed the data breach and said its "teams
are working with urgency to understand the extent of this". The company
declined to comment further and said it would “update the community as soon as
additional information is available”.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The hacker's motive was to "foster more disruption and
competition in the online video streaming space", according to the Video
Games Chronicle report.
About 125 GB of data was leaked, including information on
Twitch's highest paid video game streamers since 2019, such as a $9.6 million
payout to the voice actors of popular game ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and $8.4
million to Canadian streamer xQcOW, the report said.
"Twitch leak is real. Includes significant amounts of
personal data," cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont tweeted.
Twitch, an online esports platform with more than 30 million
average daily visitors, has become increasingly popular with musicians and
video gamers where they interact with users while livestreaming content.
The platform, which was boycotted earlier this year by users
for not doing enough to block harassment, previously made a move to ban users
for offences such as hate-group membership and credible threats of mass
violence.
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