DDoS attack on Minecraft Twitch tournament disrupted Andorra’s internet access

Andorra Telecom, the tiny microstate’s only internet service provider, says that a barrage of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks impacted the country’s internet and 4G service.

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Apps like Twitch asking for Firewall exceptions: are we at risk of having our computer hacked?

I am installing the Twitch app, and a firewall warning popped up asking that I give permissions to use the app via private and/or public networks.
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Trolls defaced Twitch’s website with pictures of Jeff Bezos, the latest security concern

Two days after an unnamed hacker leaked a trove Twitch data including the streaming platform’s source code and information about payments to streamers, users are still seeking answers. Instead, they’re getting trolled. Users complained Friday that the header image for a game listings section on the Twitch website was replaced by a close-up of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, which owns Twitch, as The Verge first reported. The image also seems to appear alongside the data leaked on the message board 4Chan, a notorious forum where hackers, trolls and other anonymous internet users congregate. While the image of Bezos disappeared from Twitch within a few hours, the website defacement is a signal that Twitch’s security issues are not over, days after a major data breach. The Amazon-owned company confirmed Wednesday that an unknown party had accessed Twitch’s source code as a result of a “misconfigured server.” Caught up in the trove of […]

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Twitch data breach resulted from server configuration error

By Deeba Ahmed
Twitch Data Breach took place a couple of days ago when an anonymous hacker published a torrent file with 125 GB worth of data on the 4chan messaging board.
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Twitch hacked- Source code and Streamer payment figures leaked

By Waqas
Twitch has undergone a massive hack resulting in leaking the source code for its unreleased streaming service, creator payout details, and other sensitive information.
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