The most important streaming platform on the Internet, Twitch, reportedly suffered a massive data leak this Wednesday that includes its source code, encrypted passwords, details of payments to creators and more. It would be more than 125 GB of internal information that is already circulating in some online forums.
According to the Video Games Chronicle, the leaked data from Twitch first appeared on 4chan. According to the author, it was intended to “encourage more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space.”
Along these lines, he added that “the community is a disgusting toxic cesspool” and that this is only the first part of the Twitch content that will be published. Although he did not make it clear what the second part would contain, if there is one.
The scope of the security breach is still unclear, but a source told VGC that the leaked data is legitimate, something that The Verge also corroborated. Twitch, which is aware of the security issue, has not yet made public comment.
Twitch's data leak
Credit: Unsplash According to what VGC indicates, the leaked data from Twitch, which would have been obtained as early this week, includes:
The entire source code of Twitch with comment history “dating back to its inception “. Payments reports for creators since 2019. Twitch customers for mobile, desktop, and console. Owned SDKs and internal AWS services used by Twitch.” All other properties owned by the company, “including IGDB and CurseForge. An unreleased Steam competitor, codenamed “Steam,” from Amazon Game Studios. Twitch's internal 'red teaming' tools (designed to enhance security by having staff pretend to be hackers). As the reputed British video game site points out, a Twitter user who has reviewed the huge 125GB archive of leaked information claims that it also includes encrypted passwords.
To prevent possible evils, it is recommended that users change their password and activate two-step verification . To do this, they just have to click on their Twitch avatar> Settings> Security and privacy. There you will find the section Change password. It is also recommended to set up two-step verification.
'Steam', a proposal to take on Steam
As mentioned above, the Twitch leak also revealed the existence of a Amazon Game Studios project to compete with Steam . Under the code name “Vapor”, it includes most of the features of the streaming video service plus specific support for games like Fortnite and PUBG. The data also contains a Unity code for a game called Vapeworld.
Twitch confirms the security incident
The streaming platform owned by Amazon has confirmed via Twitter that it has suffered a security incident. Without delving into details, Twitch says its teams “are working urgently to understand the scope of the problem.” Below is the company's tweet.
This article is still in development. We will update the news with any details that come to light in the next few hours.
