Nearly 2,400 Turkish Twitch users were involved in a money laundering operation in which nearly $10 million was siphoned off by hackers.

In mid-October it turned out Twitch has suffered a serious cyber attack. In addition to stealing the platform’s source code, the attackers also leaked the salaries of content producers. The for along way and the Gamegar According to his report, hackers used Twitch, as well as several Turkish streaming devices, to launder about $10 million, or roughly $3.1 billion. Slashes were used for all of this.

Bits are virtual goods on the platform that allow viewers to express their enthusiasm and support for a particular content provider. Twitch gives 1 percent of the revenue generated through bits to that particular operator. It follows that the fewer followers/viewers a user has, the fewer bits he can receive. However, the investigation revealed that there is a content producer who still earns $1800 a day – roughly. 560 thousand forints – it has only 40-50 spectators.

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As a first step in money laundering, the hackers stole credit card information and then agreed with Twitch users to back them up with large amounts of bits. Then they had to transfer 80 percent of the money obtained in this way back to the bank accounts of the criminals, so that it is practically cleaned.

According to the report, the network was quite extensive: with the help of 2,400 Turkish broadcasters, about $10 million, or nearly $3.1 billion, was laundered.

Many Turkish users with several million followers have tried to draw attention to money laundering. They want the Turkish authorities to investigate money laundering.

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