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#Twitch data breach 2020 series

The 4chan poster, whose role in the hacking is unclear, referred to Twitch as a "disgusting toxic cesspool" and the leak, labeled "day one," may be the beginning in a series of related data dumps.In late August, Twitch members organized a boycott of the platform over so-called "hate raids."

Twitch has become embroiled in a series of controversies over the last few years, ranging from its handling of harassment and music copyright strikes to the amount of support it gives certain big-name streamers over smaller creators.

Twitch now says a server configuration change left the data exposed to a malicious third party, which deliberately stole it and then posted it as a link on infamous internet forum 4chan with the intent to "foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space," the anonymous poster wrote. This wasn't just an unprotected database that was easy for all to find. The thief is on what sounds like a moral crusade. Having streamer payouts laid bare may impose pressure on Twitch when negotiating such deals and make it potentially more difficult for streamers to cut competing deals.

However, Twitch also cuts lucrative deals with streamers, often renegotiating the cut it takes on subscriptions and the amount of money it may pay them upfront to stay on Twitch and not leave for YouTube or Facebook.

Twitch, like YouTube, has become a burgeoning creator ecosystem that largely advertises itself as a neutral platform where any one streamer can make it big through hard work, long hours and community building.

(The alleged hacker's messaging suggests more leaked data may be on the way.) It includes Twitch subscriber revenue after the platform's 50% cut, and ad revenue, although the leak does not contain data on sponsorships, donations, merchandise or other financials that we know of right now.

The leak contains earnings stretching back to at least August 2019.So it's come as a shock to some to see just how wealthy Twitch personalities are, and it's sure to complicate Twitch's relationship with creators and those creators' relationships with their fans. The streaming landscape is quite new compared to the world of traditional celebrity, and much of it depends on a streamer's ability to cultivate a daily friendlike fandom with internet strangers. Streamer earnings are a sensitive subject. Twitch has yet to confirm the data's veracity.

All signs right now point to it being legitimate, though with some unexplained discrepancies. Internet sleuths and other curious onlookers have already begun compiling this data into neat spreadsheets and working to verify it against publicly available info. Yet perhaps the most sensitive leaked info, and from which we can expect the most fallout, is more than two years' worth of data pertaining to streamer payouts on the platform. This breach involved hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive company data, including platform source code, internal tooling and future product plans, like an Amazon-owned competitor to Valve's Steam marketplace codenamed "Vapor." Twitch on Wednesday disclosed a data breach, and it was far from an average, run-of-the-mill leak.