UPGRADE: In its first statement since the breach was revealed, Twitch confirmed that an incident occurred.
"We can confirm that a violation has occurred. Our teams are working urgently to understand the scope of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. Thank you for supporting us," the company said. posted in a tweet .
An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked all of the video game live streaming
The leaked data is sent to a 125GB torrent and its link was posted on 4chan. Although the authenticity of the data has not been authoritatively established, an anonymous source told VGC that it was, including the source code.
The data was allegedly obtained this week, with the source further claiming that Twitch is aware of the leak, which is believed to contain a variety of sensitive product roadmaps, including that the company is working on a Steam competitor.
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Video Game Chronicles (VGC) reported that the hacker was dissatisfied with the community that had been built around the service and leaked the data in an attempt to "encourage more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space."
PII and more
Unsurprisingly, some people have already started sifting through the data and are sharing alleged earnings from popular streamers, while others claim that the data also includes encrypted user passwords.
In total, the leaked Twitch data includes all versions of the platform's source code, along with developer feedback, up front.
The torrent also includes the proprietary SDKs and AWS
To top it off, the hacker has claimed that the 125GB torrent is only the first part of the data pulled from Twitch, and the rest will also be shared without specifying a time window for its release.
Via Chronicles of videogames
