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Twitch data breach, a prominent money laundering scheme on the platform has been exposed – with one Turkish politician calling for it to be investigated “immediately”.In the fallout of Twitch’s data breach, a money laundering ring has been exposed that Middle East Eye reports (thanks, PC Gamer) secured criminals nearly $10million (£7.3million).It was noticed when the data breach revealed that numerous lesser-known streamers in Turkey were raising large amounts of Bits – a Twitch currency used to

New World streamer was banned mid-stream for what looks like using macros and openly breaking rules for the Amazon Game Studios title.Streamer Alexandru “SOLIDFPS” Cotiga was banned mid-stream yesterday (November 2) whilst playing New World, and you can see the ban live on his Twitch stream at the six hour mark. Cotiga received a 23 hour ban for “cheating” according to the on screen message.Cotiga is also a member of TSM, an esports organisation based in the United States.

Twitch streamer Lydia Ellery, who has worked with the username Squid Game for the last 11 years, says she has lost “amazing presenting opportunities” and faced abuse due to her handle pre-dating the Netflix show Squid Game.Ellery – who has streamed with the name Squid Game on Twitch for 11 years – has revealed that she is considering changing her handle, due to issues she has received because of the new popularity of Netflix show Squid game.Taking to Twitter yesterday (November 2), Ellery said

Twitch streamer Tyler “Trainwrecks” Niknam has responded to his alleged ban from Nicholas “Nickmercs” Kolcheff’s Apex Legends tournament, which was apparently due to gambling concerns.The $50,000 (roughly £36,000) tournament is hosted by Kolcheff in association with both EA and developer Respawn Entertainment, and has a whole host of streamers involved.

Twitch streamer and ex-Overwatch league player xQc rages after being cheated out of a win in a fan-made Squid Game.As reported by Dexerto, the event occurred during his latest stream, where Felix “xQc” Lengyel was playing a fan-made recreation of the popular Netflix show Squid Game.

Twitch streamer Shroud thinks that players will be waiting “years” for mounts to come to the massively multiplayer online game, New World.As of right now, Amazon Game Studios‘ New World doesn’t have any way of using mounts in the game.

Twitch‘s new paid boost feature has reportedly gone live, amidst backlash from the streaming community.According to journalist Zach Bussey (thanks, Eurogamer), the feature, which is still in a testing phase and currently limited to US viewers, went live yesterday (October 28).Bussey noted that there are three tiers of boost available: US$0.99 for 1000 recommendations, US$2.97 for 3000, and US$4.95 for 5000.

Twitch streamer Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys has inadvertently revealed that she co-owns Evo (Evolution Championship Series), the biggest fighting game tournament in the world.Yesterday (October 27), Pokimane announced that she is the co-founder and chief creative officer of RTS, a “talent management and brand consulting firm” that aims to “fix the gaming and esports industry”.As PC Gamer reported, RTS bought Evo in March and now runs the event alongside Sony.

Twitch streamer Sweatcicle told viewers that they had two minutes to contribute to the delivery driver’s tip, causing fans to pitch in and give the driver some extra cash.As spotted by Dexerto, yesterday (October 24), Sweatcicle was streaming Destiny 2 when, while ordering his pizza on stream, he told viewers that any money raised through subs within two minutes would go straight to the delivery driver’s tip.Sweatcicle’s viewers didn’t disappoint, and by the time it was ordered, fans had raised

Twitch has revealed that it will be testing a brand new rewind stream feature that could eventually come to the platform in the future.In a new Twitter post, the Twitch Support account shared the news explaining that it will be testing the new feature, as well as a ‘Remind Me’ and ‘Watch Trailer’ button, over the next month on certain channels.“Over the next month, some viewers may see up to 3 new buttons on live channels pages: Rewind the Stream, Remind Me, & Watch Trailer,” the post reads.

streaming gamer platform kept a “do not ban” list for their most popular streamers.

Twitch kept a “do not ban” list filled with popular streamers, meaning that high-profile figures on the site could not be easily banned by an admin.As reported by Washington Post (thanks, PC Gamer), one former Twitch admin confirmed a “do not ban” list was used to prevent streamers from being suspended “for doing something dumb”.The ‘do not ban’ list was discovered within the recent security breach at Twitch, which caused large parts of the site – including streamer’s financial earnings, source

ThatnerdTY, a Twitch streamer with over 9000 viewers was left shocked when a random spawn in Minecraft led to him beginning his speed-run attempt on a literal “L”.In the clip, ThatnerdTy takes a look at his surroundings, which are mostly water, before looking down at the small mass of land upon which he spawned. “Are you fucking serious dude?” he said as he noticed his unfortunate location.“I hate this game” he continued, bursting into laughter as his chat did the same.

GTA Online Twitch streamers claim to have been the victims of DDOS attacks.As spotted by RockstarIntel, DarkViperAU, a popular GTA V streamer who specialises in speedrunning the game, has shared his frustrations with the state of the online security in Rockstar’s mega-hit.GTA Online, which in the last month has averaged over 300,000 players per day, relies on peer-to-peer connections for its online blockbuster.

security breach earlier this week (October 6), Twitch has announced that it has reset all users’ stream keys “out of an abundance of caution”.Twitch had contacted its users yesterday (October 7) to alert them of the update, although the information can also be found on an official blog post.A stream key is required by streamers in order to set up their streaming software, such as Streamlabs OBS or Wirecast, to Twitch.According to Business Insider, a Twitch stream key lets the software know where

CtrlAltQuin took part in last year’s programme and says,“Being a part of the StreamElements program has been a massive learning experience, especially having the opportunity to connect and learn from industry professionals,” she said. “As a black, trans content creator it has been very hard to find organizations that truly understand and want to uplift marginalized voices.

Twitch data leak of around 125GB of information security experts have been weighing in on the situation.Archie Agarwal, founder and CEO of ThreatModeler, which tests and assesses possible cyber security breaches, shared his concern over the leak with ThreatPost calling it “as bad as it could possibly be.”“Reading of a data breach that includes the entire source code, including unreleased software, SDKs, financial reports and internal red-teaming tools will send a shudder down any hardened

Twitch has confirmed the data leak which occurred yesterday (October 6) was the result of an attack from an outside source who exploited a change in the server configuration.In a short blog post by the streaming platform, Twitch confirmed that it is still in the process of investigating the impact of the leak, and that a server configuration change was accessed by a “malicious third party”.The company further elaborated that so far log in details have remained private, and that credit card

Twitch to do protect users from harmful content.As reported by BBC News, these platforms – which include Twitch, TikTok, Snapchat, and Vimeo – must take “appropriate measures” to protect users from content related to terrorism, child sexual abuse, and racism, with the regulator claiming, “a third of users have seen hateful content on such sites.”Under the new rules, sites like Twitch will have to provide and effectively enforce clear rules for uploading content, make the reporting and complaints

Twitch, including its source code, user payout information, and encrypted passwords.As reported in VGC, the hacker posted a 125GB torrent link to the online forum 4chan this morning (October 6) with the intent to “foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space” because “their community is a disgusting toxic cesspool”.According to the 4chan post, the leak reportedly includes the following:The 4chan post also included the #DoBetterTwitch hashtag, similar to the hashtag

Twitch, owned by Amazon, is trialing a new ‘Boost’ feature, available in beta only to a limited number of creators, that will allow channel viewers to purchase advertising by promoting streamers on Twitch’s front page.Boosting isn’t entirely new. It was trialed in December 2020, when viewers could use Channel Points, a currency earned by watching a stream, to promote their favourite channels on the front page.

Twitch has released a new suite of verification-based tools in a bid to help combat the growing problem of hate raiding on the streaming network.Following protest action by Twitch streamers earlier this month, Twitch said it was “working hard on improved channel-level ban evasion detection and additional account improvements to help make Twitch a safer place for creators.” This has led to the new tools which are focused on phone and email verification as explained by a Twitch announcement

inaugural virtual event earlier this year, the Gayming Awards will return in 2022 with an in-person event“I’m delighted and honoured to be able to bring back the Gayming Awards for a second year,” said Robin Gray, founder of Gayming Magazine, about the announcement.“We were blown away by the amount of support year one got both by fans and sponsors, it really shows the value in an awards show dedicated to queer excellence in video games.”Taking place April 2022, the in-person ceremony will take

Los Campesinos! has given Twitch some credit for the extended success of the band in a recent interview.In the interview, with Last Donut Of The Night, David suggested that the continued popularity of the band, along with new Los Campesinos! fans, might partially have been influenced by Twitch streamers.

Twitch employees have shared that big name streamers are leaving the site due to the livestreaming platform offering lower-paid contracts than it once did.Speaking to Washington Post, former Twitch employees – who chose to remain anonymous – have shared that Twitch is deliberately offering streamers less money, causing several big names to leave for competing streaming platforms.At the end of August (August 30), Ben ‘DrLupo’ Lupo announced that he was moving to stream exclusively with YouTube.

Buzzfeed News reports.Twitch accused the users, whose real names are currently unknown, of evading its attempts to ban them from the platform and said they had “seriously harmed and will continue to harm the Twitch community.”The so-called “hate raids” allegedly conducted by the users involved engineering bots to target LGBTQ streamers and streamers of color, filling their live chats with abusive messages.

Twitch has started legal proceedings against two anonymous streamers who allegedly participated in “hate raids” against Black and LGBTQ+ streamers.According to a story by Wired, Twitch is now suing these two alleged hate raiders for “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist and other harassing content”, which is a violation of its terms of service.“We hope this Complaint will shed light on the identity of the individuals behind these attacks and the tools that they

#ADayOffTwitch protest that took place last week, Vtuber Buffpup has appeared on New York’s Fox 5 News to talk about the issue of hate raids.Hate raids are when one account spams the chat with abuse, usually containing “very hateful language towards marginalised groups,” according to Buffpup, before a second account then reports the streamer for not moderating their chat correctly, resulting in a ban.The problem has “never been this bad” said Buffpup during the news segment, before adding “it’s

Twitch hate raids after a large-scale streaming community boycott.Streamlabs is one of the most common tools for livestreaming, often being used to complement Twitch’s features with additional settings and support.

Over the last seven days, TwitchTracker illustrates that Twitch’s concurrent viewer number has peaked around 4.5million, while on September 1 the peak was 3.5million, showcasing a significant drop-off.

YouTube, following multiple other content creators joining the site in recent months.The internet personality, who is best known for streaming games such as Warzone and Apex Legends, has announced that in the future he will be streaming exclusively on YouTube.

Twitch in protest over the platform’s perceived lack of action in combatting online abuse.Rallying under the hashtag #ADayOffTwitch, protesters are asking people not to stream on Twitch or watch any streams that are taking place today (September 1).

YouTube Gaming, meaning that he will leave his larger platform on Twitch behind to stream exclusively on the site from now on.After numerous teases, DrLupo has today (August 30) confirmed that he is moving away from Twitch to stream exclusively on YouTube Gaming.

Twitch streamer xQc has hit out at fellow streamer Pokimane who recently discovered that her former friend GreekGodx had blocked her on Twitter.Dimitri “GreekGodx” Antonatos has caused a fair bit of controversy lately – first, calling out Natalia “Alinity” Mogollon for filming people without their permission and being “desperate for content”.He then announced he was taking a break from streaming, telling his followers to “live their lives and stop watching streamers live them for you.”Then,

Dr Disrespect says he is suing Twitch after the platform banned him for an unknown reason back in June 2020.Speaking during his latest YouTube live stream – as spotted by Dot Esports – Dr Disrespect said that he’s known for months the reason he was banned from Twitch, and this is the reason why he is suing.When discussing the actual reason behind his mystery ban during his stream, he said: “I can’t talk about it, but a lot of people ask me, ‘Do you know the reason?’ Yeah, I do know the reason

Twitch streamers across the world are planning to strike in protest of the ongoing ‘hate raid’ problem which is prevalent on the platform.Hate raids refer to the act of spamming a Twitch streamer with abuse while they are live.