- Twelve days since the data breach, Twitch has reached the conclusion that users’ payment data is safe
- The platform released a blog, explaining that this section wasn’t touched at all during the attack
- Twitch will focus on bolstering its defenses to prevent another such attack from happening in the future
Twitch is now sure that most of its users were unaffected by the huge data breach on October 6.
Twitch Has Confirmed: Users’ Passwords and Data Are Safe
Almost two weeks after the huge data breach on October 6, the streaming platform Twitch has officially confirmed that users’ passwords and payment information are safe. To reassure fans even further, Twitch explained that this information was left completely untouched by the cyber attack.
In the official blog post, Twitch explained that the incident was “a result of a server configuration change that allowed improper access by an unauthorized third party”. Twitch added that this has now been fixed and its systems have been secured.
“Twitch passwords have not been exposed. We are also confident that systems that store Twitch login credentials, which are hashed with bcrypt, were not accessed, nor were full credit card numbers or ACH / bank information,” the announcement reads.
Twitch continued by explaining that the exposed data was primarily comprised of documents from the platform’s source code repository plus a subset of creator payout data. The team has reviewed everything in the exposed files and is confident that only a minority of the total Twitch users have been affected.
The platform concluded that most users shouldn’t worry. In the meantime, Twitch will contact those who were impacted directly.
Twitch’s Big Data Breach
The huge breach was a groundbreaking moment in video game streaming history. It released information on the salaries of the top streamers on the platform, effectively infringing those people’s privacy.
On one hand, the attack showed that no one is safe from cyberattacks. On the other, the data that got in the public’s hands was quite curious, especially to industry enthusiasts and made headlines for days to come.
Twitch wasn’t as amused as industry researchers though. Since the happening, the platform has had a lot of extra work in the protection of its streamers and watchers. The platform’s name was tarnished and it has to put some backbone into reasserting itself as a safe platform.
Regardless of how users feel about the Twitch data breach, at least now they can rest easy, knowing that their payment information and personal accounts aren’t at risk.
