Earlier today, we heard a rather shocking report which claimed that Twitch may have suffered a massive data breach. The report even went so far as to claim that<\/b>
\nEarlier today, we heard a rather shocking report which claimed that Twitch may have suffered a massive data breach. The report even went so far as to claim that the \u201centirety\u201d of Twitch had been leaked, and indeed, the supposed hacker behind that breach published a 125GB torrent filled with information including Twitch\u2019s source code and the payout details for the platform\u2019s top streamers. Now, Twitch has confirmed that it did indeed suffer a breach but has stopped short of confirming the extent. In a tweet published after that report went live, Twitch confirmed that it did suffer a security breach. \u201cWe can confirm a breach has taken place,\u201d Twitch said in the week. \u201cOur 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.\u201d That tweet, obviously, doesn\u2019t tell us a whole lot, but the report from VGC earlier today suggested that there was plenty of information included in the leak. Not only did the leak supposedly contain source codes both old and new for Twitch itself, but it also contained payout data dating back to 2019 for many of Twitch\u2019s largest streamers, giving us a window into just how much the most popular creators on the platform have made. Beyond that, VGC also reported that the leak included data such as the various Twitch clients (desktop, mobile, and console) along with \u201cproprietary SDKs and internal AWS services used by Twitch.\u201d While it\u2019s going to take time for people to look through all 125GB of that torrent, it\u2019s probably not a bad idea for users to assume that passwords, stream keys, and email addresses were linked and change them. The hacker behind this leak claims that even more content is on the way, so this is apparently just the first part. As this is a developing story, we\u2019ll let you know when Twitch officially confirms new details about the breach \u2013 and if more information is leaked in the future.<\/p>\n