Highly sensitive information from Insomniac Games (Spider-Man 2) exposed by ransomware attack

Insomniac Games was recently attacked by ransomwareand very sensitive data is compromised.

In any case, this is what was first reported cyberdaily. According to information available at the time of writing, the attack was carried out by the hacker group Rhysida. After Sony itself in September, it is the turn of one of the most acclaimed PlayStation studios to attract the desires of pirates.

Insomniac Games data sold/ransomed on the Web

Insomniac Games lives up to its name quite well, as the projects from the studio are numerous. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartthe game series Spiderman (with a very good second opus), a game Wolverine and a multiplayer title in preparation, the team is not idle.

Quality past productions and promising future projects therefore arouse a lot of interest, and this is obviously also the case among hackers. Thus, the Rhysida group recently carried out an attack on Insomniac Games servers using ransomware.

On one hand, the group put in place a seven-day ultimatum to pay an undisclosed ransom to the studio. After this deadline, the data collected will be made public. On the other hand, an auction is currently underway for 50 bitcoins, or around $2 million. “ Open your wallet and get ready to receive exclusive data. We only sell them to one person, no resale, you will be the sole owner! » can we read on the group’s website.

A chaos that Venom would not deny

Rhysida posted several images giving a glimpse of the loot collected, in order to attract potential customers or arouse fear at Insomniac Games. Among the compromising data collected, we can find internal images of Wolverinethe next highly anticipated PS5 exclusive.

Personal data of current and past employees of the studio are also part of the lot, such as passport photos. Finally, private documents from people outside Insomniac Games, such as Peter Parker’s voice actor, Yuri Lowenthal, complete the picture.

For the moment, neither the studio nor Sony have commented on this attack. We don’t even know if they want to answer it. We will try to develop this article when the situation has become clearer on this point.

Source : cyberdaily