Amazon's enormously popular game streaming platform, Twitch, is once again in the news (for all the wrong reasons), as it deals with the fallout of a data breach and "malicious" hack that left the streaming giant's source code in public hands and its streamers answering questions about their own earnings.
But with such sensitive information out in the open there is much to discuss, both with respect to the nature of Twitch as a service and the laws surrounding a breach of this magnitude.
I suspect Twitch is rather sick of being a subject...in Virtual Legality.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction/Twitch Leak 05:45 Reporting, Streamer Earnings, and Largesse 12:40 Federal Hacking Law 15:32 Reporting a Breach 20:03 A Californian Example 25:01 Conclusion
Discussed in this Episode:
"The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked" VGC - October 6, 2021 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-entirety-of-twitch-has-reportedly-been-leaked/
"We can confirm a breach has taken place." Tweet - October 6, 2021 - Twitch https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1445770441176469512
"Updates on the Twitch Security Incident" Twitch Blog - October 6, 2021 https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2021/10/06/updates-on-the-twitch-security-incident/
"Hack of Amazon’s Twitch shows top gamers rake in six-figure payouts" Los Angeles Times - October 6, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2021-10-06/amazons-twitch-hack-gamers-payouts
"I respect the hell out of content creators..." Tweet - October 6, 2021 - Cliff Bleszinski https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/1445799879016595457
"Ah, this is the 'those pro athletes..." Tweet - October 6, 2021 - Hoeg Law https://twitter.com/HoegLaw/status/1445812113595895808
"Fraud and related activity in connection with computers" 18 USC 1030 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030
"DATA BREACH RESPONSE: A GUIDE FOR BUSINESS" FTC Website https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/data-breach-response-guide-business
California Civil Code Section 1798.82 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1798.82
California Civil Code Section 1798.140 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?division=3.∂=4.&lawCode=CIV&title=1.81.5
California Civil Code Section 1798.80 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=1798.80.&lawCode=CIV
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