\nIn case you don\u2019t know what the Twitch breach was
\nLast week, Twitch reported that a massive amount of information about the company was stolen and leaked on the internet. A jaw-dropping 125GB worth of information was posted as a torrent file to be freely downloaded on 4Chan.
\nThe leak consisted of Twitch\u2019s source code, creator payout information, details on a Steam competitor, and other bits of information. The company later released an update where it told us the cause of the leak. Twitch called it an error with a \u201cserver configuration change.\u201d During that configuration change, the hacker was able to infiltrate Twitch\u2019s inner servers.
\nThe hacker didn\u2019t passwords in the Twitch breach
\nThe main thing on peoples\u2019 minds is whether their personal Twitch login information was stolen in the breach. Fortunately, Twitch told us in the update that, after doing a thorough review of the stolen information, passwords were not stolen. The update said that really the only information stolen affected the company more than the customers.
\nThe only real effect that it had on customers had to do with the creator payout reports. They showed how much money some of the top players were making from Twitch between August of 2019 and last month. In that time span, we could see a handful of people making millions of dollars.
\nIf passwords were stolen, it would have meant a lot more trouble than having your Twitch hijacked. People typically use the same password across multiple platforms. If a person got ahold of your Twitch login information, they could possibly have access to other services that you\u2019re registered to.
\nAlso, the hacker didn\u2019t steal banking information
\nPeople also worried about their banking information. Members add their credit card and bank information to Twitch to pay for bits and subscriptions. The gaming streaming platform lets us know that information like that is also safe.
\nIn a previous report, it said that the company doesn\u2019t keep full credit card numbers on its servers anyway. This doesn\u2019t mean that it doesn\u2019t keep other banking details, so still be on the watch.
\nTwitch reports that our passwords and banking information weren\u2019t stoled in the breach, and it\u2019s looking to get things back to normal. Truth be told, this breach won\u2019t really hinder Twitch\u2019s popularity in the streaming market.
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