Twitch, the popular live streaming platform, was recently hacked and user passwords were leaked. However, according to Twitch spokesperson Michael Arrington, your password wasn’t among them. “We can confirm that no user passwords were stolen in the recent hack,” Arrington said in a statement. “We are continuing to investigate the matter and will take appropriate action to protect our users.” ..
Twitch posted on its blog about the security incident from October 6, 2021, and the company confirmed what the early reports suggested: creator payouts and some Twitch source code were stolen, but individual user information was kept safe.
In the post, Twitch said, “Twitch passwords have not been exposed. We are also confident that systems that store Twitch login credentials, which are hashed with bcrypt, were not accessed, nor were full credit card numbers or ACH / bank information.”
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Of course, it’s still worth locking your Twitch account down with 2FA and changing your password periodically to make sure your account is as safe as possible, but you don’t need to worry about your account based on this particular leak.
Twitch also said that it underwent “a thorough review of the information included in the files exposed and are confident that it only affected a small fraction of users and the customer impact is minimal. We are contacting those who have been impacted directly.” That means that if you were affected, Twitch will reach out to you and let you know.
