Amazon’s streaming service, Twitch, was hacked on October 6th. This data breach included details on the payments made to content creators as well as plans for an unreleased product from Amazon Games Studios.
The hacking was later confirmed by Twitch in a Twitter post. However, details on the amount of data that was stolen were not revealed in the social media post.
According to an anonymous hacker, this information was released to “foster more disruption and competition” in the world of online video game streaming. Additionally, the data breacher described the Twitch community as a “disgusting toxic cesspool” in a social media post on the messaging board platform 4chan.
The website breach revealed the top account on Twitch belongs to a streamer named “CriticalRole”, who has earned $9.6 million since 2019. The data also showed that 80 accounts have grossed over $1 million since August of 2019. Meanwhile, the website itself reportedly made $2.3 billion in 2020 alone.
The Profit‘s Take:
This is the best news ever for the sleepy executives over at YouTube Gaming. Now that the source code for Twitch has been released, they can just copy Twitch in 2021 rather than be two years behind, trying to play catch up. That’s a positive spin on this. Now those execs can go play golf more. Funny enough, some streamers are using this to their advantage and actually putting their position on the list in their bio. Even “Mizkif”, who has over a million followers, was like “I’m number 23. Please send donations” in his bio (or something to that effect).
(All information was provided by CNBC and Front Office Sports)
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