Twitch Data leaked by Anonymous Hackers
- Olympus News
- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min read
By: Jason Delfigo Jusuf
On Wednesday, 6 October 2021, an anonymous 4chan user leaked the entirety of Twitch’s data. It consisted of source codes related to SDKs and AWS, properties that Twitch owns such as CurseForge, Amazon Game Studio’s unreleased Steam Competitor called ‘Vapor’, and creator payout reports from August 2019 to October 2021. The group explained that they wanted to “foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space”.
Twitch responded by acknowledging that a breach had indeed taken place and that their teams are investigating the incident. They added that there was no indication that the login credentials were leaked.
Despite the massive leak that occurred which contained extremely important data, most people have their attention focused on the creator payout reports. The creator payout reports contain the amount of money that Twitch streamers receive from Twitch from subscriptions and ads.
One individual compiled the list and posted them on a website but it was taken down shortly after it was made. Although it was taken down, users can still access the website by using the Wayback Machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007001100/https://www.twitchearnings.com/
The earnings listed on the website are from a period of two years and two months. Moreover, the amount is based on the payout received from Twitch itself which does not include sponsors, merchandise, and donations. Therefore, Twitch streamers make more money than the amount given from the leak.
Twitch streamers took this situation in a hilarious fashion. Some refer to themselves as their numbers in the ranking. For example, ludwig (Ludwig Ahgren), one of the most ‘poggers’ streamers, would refer to himself as #6, his ranking on the website. This was influenced by Squid Game, a popular Netflix drama series that emerged a few weeks before, where contestants were referred to by their number.
The anonymous hacker group titled the post in 4chan as ‘twitch leak part one’, so many people are expecting more leaks to come in the future. It is unknown whether the second part of the Twitch leak has already been obtained by the group or if they are still working on obtaining them.
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