Tuesday, March 24, 2015

In Twitch hack, users' personal data may have been stolen

http://ift.tt/1Iq7z83 // Twitch

Amazon-owned game streaming service Twitch was hacked, the company announced in a blog post Monday. The attackers gained access to users' account information.


The company also sent an email to users, warning that their account information may have been compromised, including email addresses, passwords (cryptographically protected, according to Twitch), IP addresses and limited credit card information. Full credit card numbers aren't stored by Twitch, but other personal data is, such as card type, truncated card number and expiration date.



"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," Twitch's blog post read Read more...


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