Streamlabs responds to claims \u201chack\u201d letting anyone take over YouTube or Twitch channels StreamlabsStreamlabs has responded to claims a \u201csecurity vulnerability\u201d with the popular streaming tool allowed anyone to take over a creator\u2019s YouTube or Twitch channels, assuring users there\u2019s no security flaw and no need to disconnect accounts. Twitch streamers and YouTube creators alike were sent into a panic on February 1 after a content creator claimed the platform could be hacked by anyone went viral. A tweet from Marvin Witt claimed \u201cStreamlabs has a security vulnerability which lets people take over your linked YouTube [or] Twitch channel.\u201d The exploit reportedly allowed hackers to change the details on users\u2019 YouTube and Twitch accounts. This included editing or permanently deleting YouTube videos \u2014 as per Streamlabs\u2019 permissions \u2014 or altering Twitch stream details. PSA: @streamlabs has a security vulnerability which lets people take over your linked YouTube\/Twitch channel. Immediately unlink your YouTube\/Twitch channel to avoid being affected. \u2014 Marvin Witt (@NurM4rvin) January 30, 2022 However, Streamlabs has assured users there is no security flaw, and creators\u2019 YouTube and Twitch channels are not at threat of being hacked. \u201cOur developers have investigated this thoroughly, and we don\u2019t believe there is an issue on our end causing these problems,\u201d a spokesperson for Streamlabs told Dexerto. \u201cWe have no reason to believe anyone\u2019s channel is not safe and secure.\u201d Read More: Top 20 most followed Twitch streamers – The platform claimed \u201cthe issue was reported by YouTubers who use Streamlabs as well as YouTubers without any linked accounts, meaning creators who have never used our service have experienced this issue.\u201d Streamlabs has also confirmed there are no issues with Twitch integration security. For content creators big and small who rely on Streamlabs for donations and other tools, the developers have added there\u2019s no need to rush to un-link your Twitch and YouTube accounts from the platform. \u201cWe have no reason to believe there is an issue with our service for any creator,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Streamlabs responds to claims \u201chack\u201d letting anyone take over YouTube or Twitch channels StreamlabsStreamlabs has responded to claims a \u201csecurity vulnerability\u201d with the popular streaming tool allowed anyone to take over a creator\u2019s YouTube or Twitch channels, assuring users there\u2019s no security flaw and no need to disconnect accounts. Twitch streamers and YouTube creators alike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}