Singapore ― On Oct 6, 2021, a compromised document that allegedly contains sensitive information on streaming platform Twitch was leaked by a user, 4chan. The torrent file amounted to 125 GB in size.
Video Games Chronicle (VGC) reported that besides the platform’s source code, user payout information was also divulged in the leak.
Controversial Singaporean streamer, KiaraaKitty’s earnings were included in the leaked information. Based on the leaked documents, KiaraaKitty allegedly raked in about USD122,586 (SGD166,413) from her last two years of streaming activities on Twitch.
Nevertheless, the site that highlighted the figure has been made unavailable at the time of writing.
Kiaraakity (real name Cheng Wing Yee) has amassed about 222,000 followers on Twitch where she invites viewers into her daily life.
To access the streamer’s old videos, viewers can subscribe to her channel for USD4.99 (SGD6.77) a month. Twitch streamers can also earn money through user donations or by receiving virtual cheers (Twitch Bits) from the chat, reported Mothership.sg.
Over the same period, other top streamers in Singapore earned about SGD34,000 to SGD100,000.
Here are some other figures compiled by a Twitter user:
Twitch has just had a major leak of a lot of stuff including their monthly payouts to streamers.
Here are some of the notables (note: this total is just their payout directly from twitch, so it doesn't include donations, sponsors, merch, etc.) pic.twitter.com/wDG0JkJuCx
— KnowSomething (@KnowS0mething) October 6, 2021
Mothership.sg has also reached out to Kiara about this issue for updates.
According to VGC, the 4chan user who uploaded the document wrote that they wanted to “foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space” as their community is “a disgusting toxic cesspool”.
The user also said, “Jeff Bezos paid $970 million for this, we’re giving it away FOR FREE.”
Twitch has also confirmed via a tweet that the leak is “authentic,” and that it is currently “working with urgency” to uncover the extent of the breach.
Born in 1991, Cheng Wing Yee, better known by her online pseudonyms Kiaarakitty or Kimchi Cheng is a Singaporean Twitch streamer and YouTuber.
Following the collapse of her father’s business, Cheng dropped out of university and began a career in marketing, while intermittently streaming on Twitch. /TISG