“We have learned that some data was exposed to the internet due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party,” the company said in a statement posted overnight. “Our teams are working with urgency to investigate the incident.” “At this time, we have no indication that login credentials have been exposed. We are continuing to investigate,” Twitch said in their new statement. “Additionally, full credit card numbers are not stored by Twitch, so full credit card numbers were not exposed.” They’ve also taken steps to ensure wrong’uns can’t stream from your account, just in case that info got out. “Out of an abundance of caution, we have reset all stream keys,” says an e-mail sent to Twitchers this morning. Depending on which streaming software you use, you might need to feed it the new code before you can go live again. Whole lot of personal information still got out there. The payout numbers, yeesh. While people could always estimate subscriber earnings from the sub count, seeing numbers laid out in a list has sent looky-loos into a judgmental frenzy. I’d still change your password too, if I were you. Just in case. And make sure you’ve enabled two-factor authentication.
