A hack occurred on the streaming platform Twitch, during which valuable data was reportedly leaked. Twitch has since confirmed the hack in a statement. However, that very statement has now led to mockery and ridicule, spearheaded by the Minecraft YouTuber Dream.
What kind of leak is this? A hacker published a data collection of 125 gigabytes. The following data is among those leaked:
- The entire source code of Twitch
- The earnings of the biggest streamers on Twitch
- Information about a competitor to the Steam platform
Is the leak real? Apparently, at least Twitch itself confirms that an attack occurred. Otherwise, the official statement from the platform is rather vague and only reveals that they are researching the cause:
We can confirm that a breach has occurred. Our teams are working diligently to understand the extent of the incident. We will keep the community informed as more information becomes available. We thank you for your understanding.
Apart from this statement, there have been no further details from Twitch or Amazon, which bought the streaming platform a few years ago.
The Internet mocks the thin statement
How are the reactions? The rather meager and uninformative statement from Twitch is being commented on Twitter with much derision and mockery. Leading the way was well-known YouTuber Dream, who is famous for his speedruns in Minecraft.
He ironically wrote under the tweet:
We can confirm that GeorgeNotFound has a fat butt. Our teams are working diligently to understand the extent of the incident. We will keep the community informed as more information becomes available. We thank you for your understanding.
While the original tweet from Twitch received about 47,000 likes, Dream’s response got over 64,000. Many people are making fun of the fact that Twitch essentially shared nothing in the statement and that you just need to swap out a few words to apply it to any situation in the world.
Other Twitter users are also commenting with ironic responses like “Oh really? We didn’t notice that at all” (via Twitter) or “Congratulations on switching to open source” (via Twitter).
Who is GeorgeNotFound anyway? The streamer is primarily known among Minecraft fans, similar to Dream. On YouTube, his videos average several million views. On Twitch, GeorgeNotFound is less active but streams on his main channel to over 100,000 concurrent viewers. It’s common for them to joke around at each other’s expense.
What happens next with the leak? It’s currently just 9:00 AM on the American West Coast, where Twitch is headquartered. It’s quite possible that there will be more information from Twitch regarding the leak in the coming hours.
You can also do something yourself.
While passwords are reportedly not affected by the data breach, we at MeinMMO still recommend changing your password on Twitch just to be safe.
