![]() ![]() This comes on the heels of Twitch’s community being subject to numerous hate raids, which Twitch has taken minimal steps to address. According to sources who spoke to Video Games Chronicle, a server configuration error allowed the user to gain access to Twitch’s systems and take 125 GB of data has been taken from the company. Online video streaming juggernaut Twitch suffered a massive data leak earlier this week after a hacker gained access to its systems. Twitch have confirmed the hack was undertaken by a malicious third party and are promising regular updates, but given that online searches for “how to delete Twitch” grew more than 800% in a day - it’s likely that Jeff Bezos might be considering which members of the Twitch tech team he can blast into space on his next rocket.Source: Twitch An anonymous hacker has reportedly stolen 125 GB worth of internal data from Twitch, including its entire source code. Just a day into the leak, a website exists where you can search any Twitch username to see if they appear in the top 10,000 earners. The breach indicates that over 80 streamers made more than $1m for Twitch in 2020 - exactly the sort of information those superstar streamers and the platform would not wish to leak - potentially damaging their ability to earn and negotiate more deals. ![]() If you stream on Twitch and get a big audience, the company will give you a payout of ad revenue and the money users pay to subscribe to your channel. This isn’t just about revealing the inherent workings of the platform, which could put users at risk - it also seems that data has been revealed about Twitch’s payments to its top creators. If this is current day Twitch source code, and not an older version, it’s almost impossible to put the genie back in the bottle - it could be like changing the locks on your house when someone has a skeleton key. This year - there’s an average of 2.84m viewers watching content on Twitch at any given time - a number your average TV or radio broadcaster would bite your arm off for.īack to the Twitch leak - it would appear the breach is potentially so severe that the source code of the site was reportedly posted online - not just the digital equivalent of the Colonel’s chicken recipe being dumped on the web, but also revealing many the nuts and bolts that hold the entirety of the platform together - ironically including tools designed to keep hackers at bay. In 2020, industry analysts say Twitch made an estimated $2.3bn revenue - and an eye-watering 18.6bn hours was consumed. Twitch has continued to grow, and came into its own during lockdown - when people were at home, had time on their hands and were looking for entertainment - they don’t reveal numbers, but it’s said around 50m people regularly stream their gaming on Twitter - and hundreds of millions watch them. ![]() It works so well that Amazon purchased Twitch back in 2014 for $1bn. ![]() It sounds almost impenetrable to those who don’t understand gaming culture - but it works. Like you might sit and watch Strictly on Saturday night - millions of people worldwide watch their favourite gamers, and communicate with each other over chat. Founded in 2011, it started off as a place where people would essentially broadcast themselves playing video games - over the years audiences grew rapidly. ![]()
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