🎮 Twitch ticked off the wrong hacker

PLUS: How to get an internship, kind of. October 08, 2021 [The Hustle] Tinder and Lyft are partnering on a feature that lets you buy a ride for your date, because apparently figuring out who should pay for the date wasn’t difficult enough already. Today’s rundown: - Angry hacker: The cyberattack on Twitch, explained. - Chart: Flood insurance costs are skyrocketing. - Ask The Hustle: Our attempt to advise a 16-year-old on how to get an internship. Let’s do it. The Big Idea [twitch-hacker]( You don’t want to make hackers angry -- and Twitch just learned that the hard way There are [many]( reasons hackers hack, including: - Financial gain - Career advancement - The challenge of it Much less common is hacking a platform out of spite -- but that seems to be exactly what [happened]( to Twitch, which suffered a massive data breach this week, per The Wall Street Journal. The alleged hacker called out Twitch’s toxic culture… … referring to the community as a “toxic cesspool” and wanting to “foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space.” Twitch has [struggled]( to fight “hate raids,” which is when a user programs bots to flood a streamer’s chat room with hateful messages. The problem got so bad that some streamers [boycotted]( the platform in September. While Twitch did end up [suing]( 2 users they believe orchestrated hate raids, the buck doesn’t stop there. Last year, Twitch employees [accused]( the company of a tone-deaf, white-male dominated culture that fosters such toxicity. This wasn’t your average leak The alleged hacker [announced]( the news on 4chan, an anonymous message board, and linked to a 125GB file containing a range of sensitive data, including: - Platform source code - Internal documents that include future product plans - Payout data for streamers on the platform According to an anonymous Twitch engineer, the hack could make hate raids [worse](. The leaked data included the code for AutoMod -- the company’s automated moderation tool that acts as a first line of defense against offensive messages in streamers’ chat rooms. Notably, the 4chan poster referenced the hack as “Part One” -- indicating there could be more to come. PSA: At this time, Twitch doesn’t [believe]( user credentials were exposed, but we’d recommend changing your password and enabling MFA just to be safe. 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You’ve waited long enough. Break in today. (What prime podding looks like: Listen to [the episode ‘From Hot Dogs to HubSpot’]( of HubSpot’s The Shake Up, where our founder Sam Parr spills Hustle history.) [DIY podcasting →]( Ask The Hustle [ask-the-hustle]( ‘I’m 16 and really want to get a 2022 summer internship’ This week, we’re going back in time -- to high school. A lot of questions come from teenage readers, and we want to lend a hand -- puberty is hard enough. “I’m 16 and really want to get a 2022 summer internship. Any ideas on where to start? I really like business, and I would be willing to travel.” -- Ella from San Diego We’ve got you, Ella. Let me get this straight: You’re 16 and looking for a summer internship? When I was 16, I was working at a summer camp yelling at 10-year-olds to stop putting their boogers in the pool. TMI? Maybe. I get it, the world’s a competitive place. And if your plan involves college, you gotta stand out. Here’s what I’d recommend: - Consider your connections. Parents. Friends’ parents. Local businesses. People you follow. This is your network, and it can be powerful. But the answer will always be no if you never ask. - Consider your interests. But don’t feel like an internship needs to cover them all. Consider the nonprofit space -- you may find it easier to get a role where you can wear a lot of hats. - Consider your skills. Take social media; you could offer to run social accounts for your neighborhood pizza joint. Once you’re in, recommend ways to optimize other parts of the business. How many interns can say they were a social manager and ops specialist? Not many. At 16, the best thing you can do is remain curious. Worst case, if you don’t find an internship, you’re a San Diegonian -- just go for a surf. Have fun. Or, maybe teach kids to surf. $200/week. 10 kids. 4 weeks. That’s $8k right there. Now that would be an internship. 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