- Kai Cenat is the fourth largest creator on Twitch
- Supposed hacker replaced images on Cenat’s Twitch site
- Cenat’s YouTube account also hacked by same hacker
Streaming star Kai Cenat has had his Twitch account, which has more than 16.8 million followers, hacked.
Centa is the fourth biggest streamer on Twitch, behind only Ninja, Ibai and Auronplay. The streamer is well known for his gaming videos. Last year, Cenat set a new record on the platform with 500,000 simultaneous subscribers – the first to hit the milestone.
Hack attack
His Twitch account was hacked early on April 3, with the banner and display image of his account changed to show the logo of the supposed hacker, Sava. The banner also included a link to the hacker’s Discord. Cenat’s channel name was also changed to ‘Savawuzhere’.
Since the hack, Cenat’s Twitch account has been restored to its usual look and is online as usual – some reports said it had been briefly banned, which was likely a precaution from Twitch to prevent any misuse of the account.
The hacker also gave an indication for the potential motive for the hack. Cenat’s channel description was changed to say: “Git my Discord suspended Mr Cenat, this is what you get. Btw nice number [followed by number]” this too has now been removed.
Kai Cenat YouTube account hacked too
About 90 minutes after Cenat’s Twitch account was hacked, his YouTube account also fell victim to what looks to be the same hacker. Cenat’s YouTube account has more than seven million subscribers. The hacker changed Cenat’s YouTube handle to @Savawuzhere and all videos on the channel were either deleted or set to private.
The hacker also posted a message on YouTube’s Community section, posing as Cenat and linking to their channel.
At the time of writing, Cenat has yet to comment publicly on the hacking incident. Twitch has also yet to comment on this major breach.
This isn’t the first time Cenat has been the victim of hacking this year. Back in February, the same hacker – or hackers – hacked Cenat’s TikTok account, which then had 17 million followers. Again, some of the videos were removed from the account, which resulted in Cenat losing more than 130 million likes.
Since then, Cenat’s original TikTok – along with the deleted videos – has been restored.
Cenat’s fans have reacted strongly on social media, with many expressing their disbelief that one of the biggest streamers on Twitch could get hacked in such a way. Others have called Twitch’s security protocols into question.
