Rhysida, the ransomware organisation that recently claimed responsibility for hacking PlayStation's Insomniac Games, has made good on its threats by publishing over 1.3 million stolen data totaling 1.67 gigabytes on its darknet domain.
Rhysida issued a ransom demand last week, threatening to release confidential data about Insomniac Games, its employees, and new projects unless a large sum was paid. The organisation initially provided material online to back its claims, including an annotated screenshot from Insomniac's highly anticipated Wolverine game.
Despite an auction with a starting bid of 50 Bitcoins (about $2 million), Rhysida has apparently stated approximately 98% of the stolen material. In a terrifying statement, the group announced that "no sold data was uploaded," implying that the remaining 2% was secretly sold to an unknown organisation.
According to Cyber Daily, social media users have already began downloading and examining the massive trove of material. Details on Insomniac's future projects, such as the Wolverine game, a Marvel publishing agreement outlining upcoming titles, internal HR documents, budgets, and more, are among the vast haul. The stolen information also includes specifics regarding unannounced games that will take place up to a decade in the future.
Employee passport scans, personal documents relating to Spider-Man voice actor Yuri Lowenthal, company emails, and private documents were all mentioned in Rhysida's original threats. The extent to which this confidential material is included in the disclosed data, as well as whether any of it was part of the portion potentially sold to a third party, remain unknown. The leak constitutes a serious compromise of personal data and raises questions about the gaming industry's security practices.
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