An anonymous hacker has released what they claim to be a huge cache of proprietary data from Twitch.tv, the popular streaming platform. This includes Twitch.tv source codes and revenue information for streamers.
This poster was written by 4chan. It is said that Jeff Bezos paid $970million for it, and were giving it away FREE. Today's leak is described by its original poster as being extremely poggers. It is the largest ever to hit Twitch since 2014, when Amazon acquired it.
Video Games Chronicle first reported the leak. It reportedly contained 125GB of data. The data includes Twitch.tv's source code; Twitchs mobile and desktop clients; proprietary SDKs; Twitch properties such as Vapor, an alleged Steam competitor from Amazon Game Studios; internal security tools, and other information. Although the leak appears to not contain streamers' personal information, it seems that there was extensive damage. This post is called "Twitch Leaks Part One", which suggests that there could be more.
Source code leakage can be dangerous and not good for anyone, according to Ekram Ahmed, spokesperson from security firm Check Point. This opens up a huge door for malicious actors to discover cracks in the system and lace malware to steal sensitive information.
4chan's poster also mentioned Twitch's recent hate raids in which botmakers were spamming streamers with racist harassment. The poster also mentioned the #DoBetterTwitch hashtag, more commonly known as #TwitchDoBetter. It claimed that Twitch was a disgusting cesspool and that botmakers have been harassing marginalized streamers with bigoted harassment. Twitch sued two hate-raiders last month.
Twitch declined comment to WIRED, but confirmed Wednesday morning that there had been a breach. The official Twitch account tweeted that our teams are working quickly to determine the extent of the breach. We will notify the community as soon we have more information.
Avery, who streams under Littlesiha, said that she wishes she could say that she was surprised. Avery does not share her last name publicly for privacy reasons. Twitch took two months to find a way for marginalized creators to be protected from being harassed, threatened and doxed via chatbot raids. The site's security seems like a joke to me at this point.
Although most of the data is legitimate, there are questions about the accuracy of streamers' revenue numbers. Some streamers claim that their payout figures are correct, while others claim otherwise. Asmongold, a popular Twitch personality, stated that it was incorrect for his number while streaming Amazon's new video game New World. He told WIRED that it's hard to fool up more than this.
Twitch streamer Nick NMP Polom also said, I kinda feel violated right now. I work for McDonalds. I make way more than that. (For many streamers, Twitch payments are only one revenue stream. Felix xQc Lengyel, a Twitch streamer, shouted "I told yallits trillionaire!
