Twitch experienced a huge data breach recently. Here’s a guide on what went down and what you can do to keep your account secure. A huge data breach has occurred on Twitch, leaking the source code of the entire site. Since Twitch is so important in the poker community, both for pros who broadcast and casual players who watch streams as a learning tool, we wanted to walk you through the whole situation and let you know what you know can do to stay safe. So, What Happened?
It has been reported that the breach took place on Monday but the data wasn’t made public until yesterday. It was then that an anonymous user on 4chan posted a torrent with 125GB of data in it.
The leak includes a ton of information, including: Details of payouts to Twitch streamers dating back three years
Twitch’s entire commit history
Source code for the mobile, desktop and console versions of Twitch
Information on Twitch’s internal security
The leak has been labelled as “part one”. So, while the data was made public yesterday isn’t necessarily harmful for users, there are concerns that more information could be made public soon. If You’re on Twitch…
Firstly, don’t panic. Sensitive data like passwords and credit card information have not been leaked. So, there’s no need to take yourself off of Twitch entirely for now.
Still, the data breach highlights the fact that Twitch has some very serious security issues. So, while streamers haven’t been the victims of any theft due to the hack, the vulnerabilities exposed by it may open them up to this in the future. “Whatever Twitch was doing for application security, they need to redouble their efforts. Twitch will need to push their application security to the next level, finding and fixing vulnerabilities before anyone else can find them” – Jonathan Knudsen, security strategist for Synopsys Software Integrity Group. Change Your Passwords So, in case you haven’t already, be sure to change your password . Of course, this kind of information is encrypted on Twitch, but it’s better safe than sorry.If you use this […]
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