Amazon-owned Twitch breached by hackers

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Business Insider reported that “Amazon's Twitch has been hacked, resulting in a major data breach.”

BBC states that:

• The data appeared to include Twitch's internal code and documents, as well as the payments made to thousands of top streamers.
• The Amazon-owned company said the breach had involved "a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party".

According to Bank Info Security, 

“A post on the online forum 4chan indicates that about 128 GB of data was leaked,” and that “the breach was intended to "foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space.

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