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Popular live video streaming site Twitch confirms hack

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="In this file photo taken on June 14, 2021, gamepad is pictured as a screen displays the online Twitch platform in Toulouse, southwestern France. Amazon" s="" popular="" live="" video="" streaming="" platform="" Twitch="" said="" on="" October="" hackers="" had="" broken="" into="" its="" network="" after="" reports="" of="" exposed="" confidential="" company="" data="" surfaced="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/10/07/20211007-twitch-ps-afp.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>In this file photo taken on June 14, 2021, gamepad is pictured as a screen displays the online Twitch platform in Toulouse, southwestern France. Amazon&#x27;s popular live video streaming platform Twitch said on October 6, 2021, hackers had broken into its network after reports of exposed confidential company data surfaced online. <em>AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Amazon&#x27;s popular live video streaming platform Twitch said Wednesday hackers had broken into its network after reports of exposed confidential company data surfaced online.</p><p>The service, where users often stream live video game play, confirmed the break-in on Twitter.</p><p>&quot;We can confirm a breach has taken place,&quot; Twitch said in post from its verified Twitter account.</p><p>&quot;Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this.&quot;</p><p>The statement came after reports emerged that a massive dump of Twitch data had been posted on fringe anonymous message board 4Chan. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/classified-odd/04/15/21/twitch-star-hits-a-high-with-monthlong-livestream">Twitch star hits a high with monthlong livestream</a></li></ul><p>A post at 4Chan served up 125 gigabytes of data reported to include Twitch source code, records of payouts to streamers, and a digital video game distribution service being built by Amazon Game Studios.</p><p>It did not appear that personal Twitch user data was in the dump, but the extent of the hack was still being investigated.</p><p>Google searches for &quot;how to delete Twitch&quot; rocketed eightfold as news of the hack spread, according to marketing analysts firm N. Rich.</p><p>&quot;With such a concerning data breach from a platform as widespread and global as Twitch, users are naturally wanting to protect themselves and their data as soon as possible,&quot; an N.Rich spokesperson said.</p><p>The person who posted the trove of stolen data left a message claiming the break-in was performed to foster competition in video streaming, and because the Twitch community &quot;is a disgusting toxic cesspool,&quot; according to media reports.</p><p>Users of Twitch, the world&#x27;s biggest video game streaming site, staged a virtual walkout last month to voice outrage over barrages of racist, sexist and homophobic abuse on the platform.</p><p>The phenomenon of &quot;hate raids&quot; -- torrents of abuse -- has seen the platform become increasingly unpleasant many for Twitch streamers who are not white or straight.</p><p>A Twitter hashtag, #TwitchDoBetter, has become a magnet for complaints over the past month, largely from female, non-white and LGBTQ players saying that Twitch is failing to stop internet trolls running amok -- all while taking 50 percent of streamers&#x27; earnings.</p><p>Twitch has maintained that it is working to improve tools for protecting accounts from abuses.</p><p>The service is suing two users in US federal court, accusing them of orchestrating the so-called &quot;hate raids.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1790431" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Amazon's popular live video streaming platform Twitch said Wednesday hackers had broken into its network after reports of exposed confidential company data surfaced online.