Following this week’s massive Twitch data breach – in which everything from site source code to streamer payouts were apparently leaked – a new report has accused the company of fostering a culture that values “speed and profit over the safety of its users and security of its data.”
Twitch has at least acknowledged its most recent security breach, blaming the incident on “an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party”.
As The Verge puts it, “If [a feature] wasn’t generating revenue, then it wasn’t valued as highly.”
“There would be constant questions and discontent about the regular moderation failures,” a source told the publication, noting the company would respond to issues raised “very slowly.”