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Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, has had a large-scale leak in the form of a torrent, which was released as a 128GB download on the prominent message board and hive of degeneracy 4chan. We won’t connect to the hack directly from here due to the phoney source; nonetheless, the hack appears to contain Twitch Data from 2019 to the present, which includes a slew of files.

The leak appears to contain:

  • Pay-outs to content creators
  • Twitch’s Website Source Code
  • Documents containing sensitive information on penetration testing called ‘Red Team’
  • Database of Twitch’s clients
  • Some minor details about the competitor to Steam that Twitch was supposedly working on, codename Vapor

Twitch & Amazon’s Response So Far

Amazon has yet to comment on the leaks, owing to the fact that any public statements would have to go through both PR and legal teams if they were to openly recognise a serious breach like this, yet an anonymous source told VGC that the leak is ‘real.’ Because of the scope and breadth of the Twitch attack, Amazon and Twitch are expected to respond soon. Given that 128GB is a considerable quantity of data, it’s probable that we’ll hear from them shortly in the form of a comment.

Update: The above is Twitch’s response to the hack.

Though several broadcasters who were featured on the leak have sent in their comments in small batches. As more comments from high-profile streamers arrive, we’ll be sure to keep you updated.

The amount of data and files contained in the torrent confirms that it is genuine. According to the original 4chan poster, the hacker has stated that this is only half of the leak, and that there may be more to come. This follows multiple protests by broadcasters and content creators accusing the streaming behemoth of failing to do more to secure members of the Twitch community, although the hacker’s identity and intentions remain unknown.

Though you’d think Amazon and Twitch would have the technology in place to look into what happened and detect any possible threats on their network. After some study of the Red Team toolkit was leaked alongside the rest of the data, we’re likely to learn more about this. Regardless, it’s remarkable to note that the leaker has not charged for any of this information and has instead made it public rather than selling it on the dark web, which is a lot more frequent practise in high-profile data breaches like this.

Another update from Twitch is available on their blog.

Streamers Revenue

An extensive list of over 10,000 streamers’ revenues on the network from August 2019 to October 2021 is also included in the leak. As a result, there is now a lot of information on who the main earners on Twitch are right now, with Critical Role leading the list at $9.6 million USD.

What are you thoughts on the leak? Will it have any implications on the future of the streaming platform? Let us know in the comments below.