Twitch Confirms Source Code, Payment Numbers, User Information, And More Has Leaked

Twitch has responded to reports that a monolithic information leak has occurred, confirming that specified a leak did, successful fact, happen. 

VideoGamesChronicle archetypal reported that an anonymous hacker posted a 125GB nexus to 4chan earlier contiguous filled with idiosyncratic information, payout amounts, root code, proprietary services, and more. The work verified that those files posted connected 4chan were downloadable, and it received connection from an “anonymous company” that the files were legit. Still, without authoritative connection from Twitch, it wasn’t confirmed. 

Now, Twitch has confirmed that the leak is real, which means the idiosyncratic information of millions is retired determination disposable for download. According to VGC, each of Twitch’s root codification was leaked, including remark past “going backmost to its aboriginal beginnings.” Furthermore, streamer payout numbers from 2019 were leaked, arsenic were Twitch’s ain interior information tools, proprietary services, and more. 

Basically, each of Twitch has been leaked. If you’re speechmaking this and person a Twitch account, present would beryllium a large clip to alteration your password and alteration two-factor authorization. 

At the clip of this writing, Twitch has lone made that 1 tweet successful effect to this leak, though it does accidental that it volition update the assemblage when more accusation is made available. According to VGC, the leaker stated that this 125GB leak is the archetypal portion of much contented they person planned to leak, though they didn’t accidental what the further contented is and erstwhile it mightiness beryllium released.  

[Source: VGC, Twitch]