Admits that Twitch was hacked and leaked a large amount of data such as source code, payment information, personal information

It has been revealed that Twitch, Amazon's livestreaming distribution platform, was hacked and leaked information such as source code over 120 GB, amount paid to users, and personal information of users.

The entire of Twitch has reportedly been leaked | VGC
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-entirety-of-twitch-has-reportedly-been-leaked/

Twitch Confirms Source Code, Payment Numbers, User Information, And More Has Leaked --Game Informer
https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/10/06/twitch-confirms-source-code-payment-numbers-user-information-and-more-has-leaked

On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, a torrent link was posted on 4chan , an overseas bulletin board site, where you can download 125GB of data. This link contains source code stolen from Twitch by an anonymous hacker. Anonymous writers explained that the reason for the hack and leak was 'because of the toxic culture of the Twitch community' and 'to drive turmoil and competition in the online video streaming industry.' is.

The following data is included in the torrent link:

· Twitch-wide source code, including commit history
・ Information about money paid to creators after 2019
· Twitch client for mobile, desktop and console
· Information about the unique SDK and internal AWS services used by Twitch
· Properties of services owned by Twitch, including IGDB and CurseForge
-Unreleased Steam competitor product (codename: Vapor) developed by Amazon Game Studios
A tool designed to improve security by pretending to be a hacker developed by Twitch's internal team, the Red Team.

Some people have complained that some of the above leaked information 'includes the user's password information,' and some media recommend that you enabletwo-step verification for your Twitch account. In addition, it is reported that the Unity code of Vapeworld, a chat software based on Amazon's unreleased product Vapor, was also leaked. In addition, Vapor is a game store service that is a competitor of Steam under development by Amazon Game Studios, and it will be a game store that integrates the functions of Twitch.

'Information about money paid to creators after 2019' summarizes the income that distributors earn from Twitch every month, and the top distributor is $ 1 million a month (about 110 million yen) ) You can see that you are earning more.

Here's a more comprehensive list of leaked Twitch payouts (I will keep updating this thread as more things come out). Pic.twitter.com/15JItvp6l4

— KnowSomething (@ KnowS0mething) October 6, 2021

According to information obtained by VGC from anonymous Twitch officials, all leaked data, including source code, is correct. It was unclear whether the leaked data was true or false, but at 0:18 on October 7, 2021, Twitch updated the official Twitter account and said, 'We are confirming that a data leak has occurred. Our dedicated team is working to recognize the extent of the damage and will inform the community as soon as additional information becomes available. Thank you. ” I am.

We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. Thank you for bearing with us.

— Twitch (@Twitch) October 6, 2021

For cyber attacks received by the time Twitch Some experts of cyber security, and 'become the biggest leak I've seen so far,' says some people.