Amazon's Twitch says its site may have been hacked

Amazon's Twitch says its site may have been hacked
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Summary Twitch said it had expired passwords and stream keys.

(Reuters) - Amazon Inc s Twitch unit said on Monday there may have been unauthorized access to some of its user account information, according to the live streaming gaming network s official blog.

Twitch said it had expired passwords and stream keys, and disconnected accounts from Twitter and YouTube to protect the users.

As a result, the consumers will be prompted to create a new password the next time they try to log into their Twitch account, according to a message on its official blog. (bit.ly/1C5okmS)

Amazon bought Twitch Interactive last year for $970 million, beating out a rival bid from Google Inc. 

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