Twitch defaced with pictures of Jeff Bezos

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Article by Tom Warren. The Verge – October 8, 2021.

Hackers have managed to deface Twitch for a few hours this morning, replacing a number of background game images with photos of former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Users reported seeing images of Bezos in the listings for GTA V, Dota 2, Smite, Minecraft, Apex Legends, and many more on the Amazon-owned service.

It’s not clear how the background images were changed or whether this latest incident was aided by a huge security breach at Twitch earlier this week. […]

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