If you have an account with the video streaming site Twitch, then it would be a very good idea for you to go and change your password. And on top of that, change it on every service and site where you used the same password, as Twitch has been hacked.
It all began yesterday afternoon when Twitch released a statement to its members saying that it had detected "unauthorized access," to certain parts of its back-end system. While it was unconfirmed whether it was a hack at that point, the streaming site - now owned by Amazon - reset everyone's passwords automatically, and disconnected every account from both Twitter and YouTube, to make sure that no one's accounts were compromised.
That was a bold move that could have angered users, but it proved to be one that was well worth doing as before long, it was confirmed that Twitch had indeed been hacked. It released the following statement shortly after:
"We are writing to let you know that there may have been unauthorized access to some of your Twitch user account information, including possibly your Twitch username and associated email address, your password, the last IP address you logged in from, limited credit card information (card type, truncated card number and expiration date), and any of the following if you provided it to us: first and last name, phone number, address, and date of birth," it reads (via ).
It went on to assure everyone that it does not store credit card or other payment data, so nobody's financial details will have been affected by the hack. While it also doesn't store password data in an unencrypted form, it did suggest that some passwords may have been captured in clear-text when they were entered for login purposes on the 3rd of March.
With that in mind, the password resets will remain in effect until people change them manually.
