CD Project Red Suffers Cyber ​​Attack, Witcher 3 And Cyberpunk 2077 Source code stolen

CD Project Red Suffers Cyber ​​Attack, Witcher 3 And Cyberpunk 2077 Source code stolen

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CD Project Red is the victim of a targeted cyber attack, in which hackers claim to have stolen internal documents and the source code for Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, and more. Twitterand pointed out that the “internal systems had been compromised” and that the hackers had left a ransom letter. The ransom letter was released to the public along with the announcement, claiming that the hackers had dumped ‘complete copies of the source codes’ for Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, Gwent and ‘the unissued version of Witcher 3’, presumably the following – gen issue that appears later this year.The hackers also claim to have access to ‘all’ of the company’s documents related to ‘accounting, administration, legal administration, HR, investor relations and more. The ransom letter ends by noting that CD Projekt Red has 48 hours to contact the hackers, or that “your source codes will be sold or leaked online and that your documents will be sent to our contacts in game journalism. Your public image will be the shit let down even more and people will see how you [sic] shit your company features. Investors will lose confidence in your company and the stock will plunge even lower, ‘the letter continues.

According to CD Projekt, devices are encrypted in its network, but they have started restoring their IT infrastructure and data through backup. “We will not concede to the claims nor negotiate with the actor, as we are aware that this could eventually lead to the disclosure of the compromised data,” the company’s Twitter statement read. CD Projekt Red says that, to the best of its knowledge, “the compromised systems did not contain any personal data of our players or users of our services.”

The company has contacted the relevant authorities, including the president of the Office of Personal Data Protection and IT forensic specialists, who will investigate the cyber attack. This attack on ransomware reflects a similar incident for Capcom, in which hackers stole large amounts of data, which eventually leaked several games and made former employees fear for the security of their personal data. Recently, Capcom said the attack has no significant impact on the games it plans to release.

In other CD Project Red news, the company recently released a hotfix for Cyberpunk 2077 that overturned a vulnerability that could make PC modders vulnerable to malicious hackers. Tesla recently revealed that its new cars can use The Witcher 3 via built-in 10-Teraflop play guidelines.

Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

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