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Twitch swiftly deletes the 'offensive' posts that contained racist and homophobic slurs!
The official Xbox, PlayStation, and eSports League (ESL) Twitch channels were compromised this week at Gamescom, with a third-party posting unauthorized and offensive messages to the profiles.
Somehow angry PlayStation fanboys were able to take-over the Official Twitch Channels for both consoles during Gamescom after it was announced that the next TombRaider game would be an Xbox one exclusive, so they posted fake announcements and racist and homo slurs on both channels.
Polygon reports that someone altered the titles for archived streams on the Xbox, PlayStation, and ESL Twitch channels with all kinds of terrible messages, including jokes about Microsoft's exclusivity deal with Square Enix for Rise of the Tomb Raider and even fake announcements for new Fallout and Gears of War games. Others included racist and homophobic slurs.
According to a spokesperson for Twitch, the company believes the accounts were undermined by someone at Gamescom who was able to access a logged-in computer for Microsoft, Sony, and the ESL.
"We're deleting the offensive VOD's as soon as we find them and are alerting individual teams at the venue," a Twitch representative said. "As a precautionary measure, we temporarily removed highlights and past broadcasts for those channels since it's in the early hours of the morning in Cologne."
It all been cleared up now, but question is whom was behind this 'hack' take-over, as it seems to point that you need access from valid Microsoft or Sony Twitch account to have this type of level of 'access' needed?
NEWS SOURCE:
Xbox, PlayStation Twitch Channels Compromised at Gamescom (via) GameSpot
Twitch swiftly deletes the 'offensive' posts that contained racist and homophobic slurs!
The official Xbox, PlayStation, and eSports League (ESL) Twitch channels were compromised this week at Gamescom, with a third-party posting unauthorized and offensive messages to the profiles.
Somehow angry PlayStation fanboys were able to take-over the Official Twitch Channels for both consoles during Gamescom after it was announced that the next TombRaider game would be an Xbox one exclusive, so they posted fake announcements and racist and homo slurs on both channels.
Polygon reports that someone altered the titles for archived streams on the Xbox, PlayStation, and ESL Twitch channels with all kinds of terrible messages, including jokes about Microsoft's exclusivity deal with Square Enix for Rise of the Tomb Raider and even fake announcements for new Fallout and Gears of War games. Others included racist and homophobic slurs.
According to a spokesperson for Twitch, the company believes the accounts were undermined by someone at Gamescom who was able to access a logged-in computer for Microsoft, Sony, and the ESL.
"We're deleting the offensive VOD's as soon as we find them and are alerting individual teams at the venue," a Twitch representative said. "As a precautionary measure, we temporarily removed highlights and past broadcasts for those channels since it's in the early hours of the morning in Cologne."
It all been cleared up now, but question is whom was behind this 'hack' take-over, as it seems to point that you need access from valid Microsoft or Sony Twitch account to have this type of level of 'access' needed?
NEWS SOURCE:
Xbox, PlayStation Twitch Channels Compromised at Gamescom (via) GameSpot