Twitch Says , ‘Server Configuration Change’, Left Company Vulnerable to Being Hacked.
Twitch Says , ‘Server Configuration Change’, Left Company Vulnerable to Being Hacked.
Twitch was hacked on Oct.
6, exposing source code, streamer payouts and more.
The Amazon-owned platform has since confirmed the attack, .
Saying data was exposed "due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party.".
Their teams are working with "urgency" to get to the bottom of the situation.
There is "no indication" that login credentials were exposed.
Additionally, full credit card numbers are not stored by Twitch, so full credit card numbers were not exposed, Twitch, via statement.
All stream keys have been reset "out of an abundance of caution," with a link provided to get a new one.
Streamers may need to manually update their software to start a new stream depending on what they use to broadcast.
We are still in the process of understanding the impact in detail, Twitch, via statement