Possible Twitch.tv Security Breach 49
New submitter FalleStar writes: Today, the world's largest video game livestreaming website, Twitch.tv, posted the following blog entry: "We are writing to let you know that there may have been unauthorized access to some Twitch user account information. For your protection, we have expired passwords and stream keys and have disconnected accounts from Twitter and YouTube. As a result, you will be prompted to create a new password the next time you attempt to log into your Twitch account. We also recommend that you change your password at any website where you use the same or a similar password." The full details of the breach have yet to be released. Back in a 2013 blog post, Twitch reported that one of their CDNs had mistakenly exposed user account information, and they mentioned that their user passwords are hashed, but did not indicate whether or not they are salted. In addition to the blog post, Twitch users are being notified of the intrusion by email. According to one such email, compromised data may include the last IP address a user logged in from, as well as some credit card information — but not full card numbers, since Twitch doesn't store those.
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What exactly were they showing off? Also you come off as some idiot teenager trying to take some credit for someone elses hack.
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You can subscribe to channels for 5USD/month or so, this gives the channel and twitch money. Or you can buy the Twitch's subscription that disables all ads. Both of these require money, and thus you'd need a credit card to take advantage of.
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I am a CEO not some fat bludger stuck in his parents basement (as you like to generalize), and i watch the guys, they are entertaining and also allows me to watch games i haven't played to see if its worth getting.
I do pay VIA PayPal through and not credit card, i support he people the put int he effort to entertain me
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Wow. How do you manage to not kill yourself every single day?
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I'm more surprised that no-one else has.
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Correlation is not causation. Living in a high crime area motivates people to defend themselves.
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Certainly getting a higher level of education trumps all of this, but not everyone is above average.
I'd rather ha
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Why do you give a shit? People do what they want with their money. If this is what they enjoy then so be it. Stop trying to tell people what you think is best for them and worry about your own self.
Can't delete my account (Score:1)
They're pulling some serious Facebook shenanigans here.
Google Play store wants CCNs (Score:1)
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Just installed an app from Google Play and didn't need to give credit card number.
Re: Google Play store wants CCNs (Score:1)
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JimFive
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Don't mistake the free ones for the free ones that have in-app-purchases. That's why they want your credit card number It's just a trick they use to get the app listed in the "free" category.
This puts a new spin on swatting. (Score:2)
This may affect the way we think about the people who have been swatted while using Twitch. Maybe they didn't even give away their personal information, but had it extracted at another time, behind their backs, and held until someone felt like causing them the most possible trouble.
Twitch.tv (Score:1)
And they aarrre... who? I don't see them on the list.
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There's also a website with more information about twitch.tv: http://twitch.tv/ [twitch.tv]
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Yeah yeah, you know what facetious means... What really intrigues me is the amount of money involved in the industry....
Just found out, 'celebrityism' is really a word. We never had this problem before recording and reproduction of light and sound was possible.
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What really intrigues me is the amount of money involved in the industry....
Shouldn't be that surprising, at the conference that was held together with Dreamhack Valencia 2011 the representative from CBSi claimed that streamed gaming generated more viewer minutes every month than SuperBowl. The dude from Swedish television said that e-sport was the only segment they had where young males weren't underrepresented.
Neither of the statements really says anything about the money involved, but it has been clear for a long time that there is a potential for a pretty lucrative industry.
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Sure... (Score:2)
It sure sounds like it's a "possible" breach. I mean actually, it was a breach. Does the submitter work for them or something?
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This means they've been storing passwords in plaintext. Why isn't this yet illegal?
Probably the same reason why people use SHA256 for hashing still, they're dense as a post and asking for someone to take it all.