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French video game maker Ubisoft said on Tuesday it was the victim of an attempted cyberattack, in a context in which other players in the video game industry have experienced massive data theft, such as studio Insomniac Games, developer of the game. Wolverine”.
“We are aware of a suspected data security incident and are currently conducting an investigation,” a Ubisoft spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. According to trade site vx-underground, hackers attempted to exfiltrate nearly 900 GB of data from Ubisoft servers until security teams blocked the vulnerability on Thursday. Last week, studio Insomniac Games, a subsidiary of Japanese giant Sony, fell victim to a massive hack of sensitive data in the form of ransomware.
Given the studio’s refusal to comply, the hackers revealed sensitive information about the company, its partnerships, and the studio’s upcoming projects such as the games “Wolverine” and “Spider-Man 3.” “We are both saddened and angry about the recent criminal cyberattack on our studio and the emotional impact it has had on our development team,” Insomniac Games responded in a message posted on the social network ex-Twitter on Thursday. “We understand that the stolen data includes personal information about our employees, former employees and independent contractors. They also contain initial details about the development of +Wolverine+ for the PlayStation 5 (…) This experience has been extremely painful for us,” the studio wrote, adding that development of “Wolverine” continues “as planned.” Insomniac, Activision-Blizzard, Electronic Arts… The list of publishers that have fallen victim to targeted cyberattacks has grown longer and longer in recent years.
In September, Rockstar Games, the publisher of the famous video game Grand Theft Auto, admitted that videos from the sixth work in the franchise, currently in development, were pirated and posted online by hackers, revealing in particular the appearance of a new woman Character that players were able to choose before the official announcement. The most emblematic case remains that of CD Projekt RED: at the beginning of 2021, the Polish company published a copy of the ransom note from pirates who claimed to have stolen the “source codes” (the computer architecture of a program) of large-scale productions such as “Cyberpunk 2077” and “The Witcher 3” and internal documents.
Sami Nemli with agencies / Les Inspirations ECO
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