An anonymous hacker has leaked all of Twitch in a 125 GB torrent uploaded to 4chan, according to Chronicle of videogames. The report suggests that the data may have been obtained as recently as Monday.
Twitch has confirmed the breach with Android Central and promised to share additional details once it completes its investigation.
In addition to the full Twitch source code, the leak is said to contain 2019 creator pay reports, proprietary SDKs and internal AWS services, internal "red team tools," as well as a previously unreleased Steam challenger codenamed Vapor. from Amazon Game Studios.
The torrent file has been dubbed "Twitch leaks part one" by the hacker, which seems to suggest that more data may be leaking online soon. It is unclear whether the hacker was able to obtain personal information from Twitch users, such as their account address or password.
If you are a Twitch user, it is highly recommended that you change your password and enable two-factor authentication for your account. To enable two-factor authentication, log into your Twitch account and click on your avatar. Next, click Settings and go to the Security & Privacy page to start setting up two-factor authentication. However, it's worth noting that the email linked to your Twitch account needs to be verified for 2FA to be enabled.
Twitch has recently come under fire for its inaction in the face of hate and harassment on its platform. Last month, some Twitch streamers boycotted the company for a day to pressure it to do something about hate raids.
In August, Twitch released an update to fix a "vulnerability" in its proactive filters to "better detect hate speech" in chat. It also plans to improve its account verification process and launch channel-level ban detection to address harassment.
