Twitch, the immensely popular livestreaming service for gamers that was acquired last year by Amazon in a nearly $1 billion deal, confirmed today that it has suffered a security breach that may have resulted in unauthorized access to a number of user accounts. The company is now forcing all of its users to change their passwords.
Twitch alerted users to the breach in a terse email as well as a blog post on its website that read:
“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. We will communicate directly with affected users with additional details.
Sincerely,
Twitch Staff”
Twitch is a hugely popular site — it is reportedly the fourth largest site on the Internet in terms of peak traffic, bested only by Netflix, Apple, and Google — so a hack could potentially have a negative impact on a large number of people.
When reached today by email, a Twitch spokesperson declined to provide additional comment on the breach or details on how many accounts were compromised. We’ll report back with any additional information that we hear.
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