Twitch, the popular game streaming service, confirms that its data has been hacked

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Streaming and gaming company Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, says they had a data breach Wednesday morning.





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NPR could not independently verify specific details about the data breach, but according to the website Video Games Chronicle, an anonymous hacker posted 125 gigabytes worth of Twitch data to the online chat forum 4chan. The data released reportedly includes the source code for the site, details of creator payouts and names of the company’s clients.

Twitch was created in 2011. Amazon purchased the company in 2014.

Editor’s note: Amazon is among NPR’s financial supporters.

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