{"id":2565,"date":"2025-04-03T09:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:04:04","slug":"kai-cenat-twitch-account-hacked-and-banned-after-display-image-and-banner-changed-by-attacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2565","title":{"rendered":"Kai Cenat Twitch account hacked and banned after display image and banner changed by attacker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat\u2019s channel, which boasts over 16.8 million followers, was reportedly hacked on April 3, 2025.The hacker replaced Cenat\u2019s display image with a \u201cSava\u201d logo and added a Discord link to the banner that redirected users to \u201cDiscord.gg\/namesnipes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident quickly drew widespread attention on social media, with fans expressing confusion and disbelief. \u201cHow does the biggest streamer on the platform get hacked?\u201d one X user wrote. Others criticized Twitch\u2019s response, calling the platform\u2019s security into question.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat\u2019s Twitch username was temporarily changed to \u201cSavawuzhere\u201d before being reverted to its original handle. According to automated tracker @StreamerBans, the account was also briefly banned\u2014likely a precaution by Twitch to prevent misuse. The page has since been restored, though the altered profile image remains.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the second high-profile hack targeting Cenat. In February 2025, his TikTok account, which had over 17 million followers, was also compromised. That breach led to the temporary loss of more than 130 million likes, which have since been recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat, currently the fourth-most followed streamer on Twitch behind Ninja, Ibai, and Auronplay, has not yet commented publicly on the situation. Some users have speculated that the same individual or group may be responsible for both incidents, citing similarities in the logos used.<\/p>\n<p>While Twitch has yet to issue a statement, it typically suspends compromised accounts to prevent further misuse under its Terms of Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat\u2019s channel, which boasts over 16.8 million followers, was reportedly hacked on April 3, 2025.The hacker replaced Cenat\u2019s display image with a \u201cSava\u201d logo and added a Discord link to the banner that redirected users to \u201cDiscord.gg\/namesnipes.\u201d The incident quickly drew widespread attention on social media, with fans expressing confusion and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}