Twitch has warned users that their
account information may have been compromised in a breach. The game streaming service has attempted to protect its users from any further potential security issues arising from the possible intrusion, by reseting the passwords and stream keys for all accounts, as well as disassociating them from linked YouTube accounts.
According to an email sent out to Twitch users, the list of information possibly accessed includes usernames, associated email addresses, the last IP address the user logged in from, first and last names, phone numbers, addresses, and their date of birth. The password may also have been acquired by the attacker, though Twitch claims it was "cryptographically protected," with the company advising not only to change passwords when signing back into Twitch, but also the similar passwords of other services.
Warning sent by Twitch via email
Twitch has yet to advise the extent of the breach, but said it will be communicating directly with affected users.
This is the first major security issue since
Amazon acquired Twitch in August last year for $970 million, though it has endured a few smaller issues since then. Some users have been subjected to "
swatting," a prank which involves convincing local law enforcement officials a serious crime was under way, resulting with an armed response at the streamer's home. In a separate incident,
Malware spread via the Twitch chat emptied the Steam account of victims completely of items and cash.
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