Earlier this week, hackers got a hold of a huge cache of source code repositories, creator payouts and other internal data from Twitch, and published them online following a data breach.

The hack compromised accounts of many users, with the hacker sharing their personal information online. On Tuesday, a leaker shared a post claiming to take Twitch’s source code, proprietary SDKs, of software development kits that developers use to integrate Twitch into their apps and services.

Twitch confirmed the breach in a tweet on Wednesday. “We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available,” the tweet read.

To confirm their fears, Twitch users began seeing their personal information online. The data contains payouts for each Twitch user, some of which reach into the six-figures and more.

“I looked at a line from June 2019 and literally 100% match to the information showing on my analytics on my dashboard,” said one user.

The leak, which now exposes a vast number of streamers of the game giant, may represent a security risk, since it practically allows practically anyone to search for security vulnerabilities in the code. But it does not end there.

The leaker says the released cache is “part one,” which means there will be more data leaks. Now, hackers are exploiting the loophole, (frontend logic of the platform) to entertain themselves.

On Friday, hackers were able to deface the platform for a few hours, replacing many background game images with photos of Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon bought Twitch for about $1 billion in 2014.

Users who jumped on the Amazon-owned service were greeted by closeup images of Jeff Bezos when searching. So games like GTA V, Dota 2, Apex Legends, Minecraft, Smite, Overwatch, Dead by Daylight, Final Fantasy XIV, and several others, were replaced by closeup images of Bezos.

The escalation of the hacks has left Twitch in unprecedented trouble, with the Amazon-owned company struggling to get a hold on it.

Though Twitch has been investigating the matter, it has only confirmed that a “malicious third party” had exploited an error in a server configuration change to perform the hack, and that sensitive information like credit card information wasn’t exposed. However, per Verge, several former employees said the situation is a lot more complicated than the company is willing to admit.

The breach has been attributed to the lax security architecture of the company. In September, Twitch streamers protested the company’s lack of action against “hate raids,” where bots are used to flood other streamers with hate and harassment.

One source claimed that the company had ignored all security warnings because it was scrambling to launch new features and grow the platform as quickly as possible. Right now, Twitch remains vulnerable, with information and code about its inner workings in the hands of a fun-catching third party, the exploitation is likely going to escalate soon as with every leak. This may just be the beginning.

On Thursday’s been the 7th day of October, 2021 while the nation awaits in awe and dampen spirit the 2022 budget presentation of the Mr president to the National Assembly and the citizens being engrossed with the thought of the reality of the economic recession that’s closing down on Nigeria due to the ineptitude of the managers of the economy and the inabilities of the stakeholders of the nation, the military derailed (again) from their statutory assignments given to them by law, became power drunk and exhibited lawlessness which is their second nature and attacked a renown nollywood actor and elder statesman, Mr Chiwetalu Agu, berated him before his fans, lovers and passers by. They dragged him around the streets of Onitsha like a common thief who stole a pound of salt from the village market square. They also went ahead and groped him and threw him into their van like a condemned criminal who has been sentenced to death by firing squad and took him all the way to Enugu State from Anambra state where he was detained and tortured for over 30 hours.

What was his (alleged) offense?

According to the official statement released by the Nigerian Army which was signed by the Army Director of Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, they alleged that Mr. Chiwetalu Agu was arrested while soliciting support for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which is a proscribed sect. They also claimed that the renowned Nollywood actor who had worked his way to the top to become one of the most sought after filmmakers in Nigeria was inciting people to join the Ipob sect and garnering support for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They pointed to that fact that Mr Chiwetalu Agu was putting on an attire and colours used in Identifying the Biafra separatists as an evidence that he was inciting other countrymen to join the Biafra cause and garnering support from his fans and supporters to align their interests with that of the Indigenous People of Biafra at Upper Iweka in Onitsha, the popular commercial city in the South Eastern Nigeria where the incident took place.

Is wearing a cloth or colour used in identifying a sect or group which is proscribed an offense known to law?

The answer is typical ‘No’.

There’s no law in Nigeria criminalizing or punishing anybody for wearing a color or clothe used in identifying a particular group. Therefore, wearing a clothe or colour used in identifying a particular group does not make one a criminal and shouldn’t be treated as such and according S.36(12) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) which was appreciated and stretched in detail in the landmark case of Aoko V. Fagbemi and the recent case of George V. Federal Republic of Nigeria, the law is succinct as it clearly provides that on no account should anybody be punished for any offense or purported offense which is not known to law or any offense which is not written down in any law.

Therefore, in that angle, the Nigerian army exhibited a high level of lawlessness in descending on the old man and they owe him a proper apology with due compensations for the hardship and trauma he suffered in their cold hands.

Be it noted that i for one as an astute legal practitioner and a minister in the temple of justice is advocating for violence neither am I in support of citizens taking laws into their hands in the cause of them seeking for their voice to be heard. I am not also ignorant of the law that says once a group or sect is proscribed, being a member of that group or inviting others to join that proscribed group becomes an offense which is punishable at law and proscription offenses carry up to 20 years of jail term as provided in the Terrorism (Prevention Amendment) Act, 2013 but wearing a clothe which can be linked to a particular group cannot automatic be translated to membership or support for that proscribed group which the clothe identifies. So, there was no known offense committed here.

The recent acts of the Nigerian Army is setting them up for ridicule and disrepute as the Nigerian Army has distinct functions as highlighted by the constitution and other statutes and arresting or detaining a citizen for wearing a clothe used in identifying a particular set Is not one of them and even if Mr. Chiwetalu Agu committed an offense known to law it is the job of the police and not the army to call him to order.

The Indian government has sold its national carrier, Air India, to the Tata Group, ending the long-wait for the divestment of the loss-making Airline.

The bidding was awarded to the country’s biggest conglomerate as the highest bidder at about $2.4bn. The deal includes a 100% stake in Air India and a low-fare unit in Air India Express as well as a 50% holding in ground-handling company AISATS.

“Talace Pvt Ltd won the bid to own 100% of government stake in Air India,” Tuhin Kant Pandey, secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) announced today.”

“Bidders have agreed to all terms and conditions. Five bidders were disqualified as they did not meet the criterion,” the Dipam Secy said. “The process was carried out in a transparent manner with due regard to confidentiality of bidders.

Air India has many assets, including prized slots at London’s Heathrow airport, a fleet of more than 130 planes and thousands of trained pilots and crew. Under the takeover deal, Tata Group will retain all AI employees for one year, and can offer VRS in the 2nd year, as per the Aviation Ministry.

Group of ministers known as the Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism, headed by home minister Amit Shah and included finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, commerce minister Piyush Goyal and aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, approved the bid winner.

The Tata group originally founded the airline in 1932 before it was taken over by the government in 1953. The government has failed to make the national carrier profitable, and overtime, it has racked up losses worth $9.5bn, leaving it with no option than to sell the airline.

The success of the takeover by Tata is a big boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government reforms, as the previous attempt to sell 75% of the airline in 2018 failed.

The deal was brokered after the government made it more attractive by simplifying the debt terms for buyers. The reserve price was fixed at Rs 12,906 crore, and the winning bidder will take Rs 15,300 crore debt, according to EconomicTimes. Bids for the carrier were sought at an enterprise value. Under the formula, a minimum 15% was to go to the government and the rest will be used to reduce existing debt.

Analysts say that Air India would bring in benefits for the Tatas, if the group plays it right.

“Air India has come full circle, back into the arms of its founders, the Tatas. Bold, brave move but will it be bountiful for the new owners? If they play it right, take advantage of the vacuum presented by a post-Covid landscape, they can carve a new future for the national airline,” said Shukor Yusof, founder of Endau Analytics, a Kuala Lumpur based consultant.

“India’s got a lot going for aviation – a rising middle class, likely growth in travel & tourism domestic & from abroad & it sits between the Gulf & Southeast Asia, an area of vast potential for air travel. Finally it fits nicely into (PM) Modi’s privatisation plans. Of course there will be lots of challenges, including riding fuel costs, intense competition from LCCs & if Tata has the staying power to manage heavy losses during the initial takeoff period,” he added.

Analysts believe Air India remains attractive due to profitable infrastructure at its disposal and passenger growth of around 20% per year.

BBC noted that in addition to its fleet of over 130 aircraft, Tata will now have control of the following: Airline’s 4,400 domestic and 1,800 international landing and parking slots at domestic airports, as well as 900 slots at airports overseas.

Air India also owns millions of dollars worth of prime real estate. According to the aviation ministry, its fixed assets – land, buildings, planes – in March last year were worth more than 450bn rupees ($6bn).

The airline also has more than 40,000 pieces of art and collectibles, including an ashtray designed and gifted by Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali. In return the airline had given Dali a baby elephant, which was flown to Spain.