In a significant leak, an anonymous hacker seems to have leaked all of Twitch, including its source code. The user released a torrent on 4chan containing 128GB worth of information. We won’t be linking to the original post here due to the sensitive nature of the content.
This leak comes hot off the heels of Twitch coming under fire for their lack of appropriate response to the continuous hate raids that have been happening on their platform. The hate raids have, in particular, targeted marginalized identities, including BICOP and LGBTQIA+ people, but it’s unclear whether this hack is meant to be a response to Twitch’s inaction or a general dislike of the service.
The original post did include the hashtag “DoBetterTwitch,” a tag used on Twitter as a way for creators on the platform to ask for better tools to battle the hate raids and a general call for improvements on things like creator revenue. The inclusion of the hashtag doesn’t necessarily mean that this was the intention of the hacker, as including passwords just puts more people at risk.
