One of the Biggest Security Breach in 2021

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Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, confirmed that it had been breached in October after an unknown entity released a trove of 128 GB of stolen data.

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The breach included Twitch's complete source code. The company said that the incident was the result of a "server configuration change that allowed improper access by an unauthorized third party."

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