Hackers Leak Twitch’s Source Code, Company Information in Massive Data Breach

Hackers released source code and data detailing the inner workings of popular streaming platform Twitch in a massive data breach Wednesday. “We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this,” Twitch announced in a tweet. The leaked data includes the company’s source code for its mobile, desktop and video game clients, the “commit history” or logs of all code changes, code related to Twitch’s cloud infrastructure and information about how much money Twitch streamers receive from subscribers and donors, according to The Verge. The leaks also include details related to Twitch’s proprietary, internal tools, the outlet reported. “We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. Thank you for bearing with us,” Twitch said. The data was spread early Wednesday on anonymous online forums, multiple sources reported, with one user reportedly sharing the data to popular …

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