The massive Twitch hack explained, roundtable ft Cypheroftyr, John Hammond, Zach Bussey | Story Mode
23Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode", a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, Nathan Grayson invites cybersecurity researcher John Hammond, streamer reporter Zach Bussey and Twitch partner Cypheroftyr to discusses the impacts of the massive Twitch hack, what precisely was revealed and what comes next for Twitch and streamers.
Read Nathan's full story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/10/06/twitch-hack-pay-xqc-pokimane-summit1g/
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0:00 waiting room
1:16 introductions
3:30 Twitch leak recap
5:18 what did the leak accomplish?
8:24 Twitch vulnerabilities
14:44 Twitch communication/security
25:50 Amazon/Twitch
32:48 Twitch payouts
36:45 parasocial relationships
43:02 can good come from this?
50:39 diversity and streaming
1:02:41 viewer-streamer relationships
1:12:44 aftermath of the leak
1:20:47 wrapping up
1:30:13 news round up
1:52:10 farewell