Cyber Crime

CD Projekt Red game maker discloses ransomware attack

The gaming firm CD Projekt Red, which developed popular games like Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher, has disclosed a ransomware attack.

The gaming firm CD Projekt Red, which developed popular games like Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher series, has suffered a ransomware attack.

The company confirmed the security breach with a series of messages on its social media channels (Facebook and Twitter).

The attack took place on February 8, a threat actor breached its corporate network and encrypted some of its devices.

“Yesterday we discovered that we have become a victim of a targeted cyber attack, due to which some of our internal systems have been compromised.” reads a statement published by the company.

“An unidentified actor gained unauthorized access to our internal network, collected certain data belong to CD PROJEKT capital group and left a ransom note the content of which we release to the public. Although some devices in our network have been encrypted, our backups remain intact. We have already secured our IT infrastructure and begun restoring the data,”

According to BleepingComputer, the attack was conducted by a ransomware group named HelloKitty, which claimed to have stolen copies of the source code for popular games like Cyberpunk 2077, Gwent, and The Witcher 3.

Emisoft’s expert Fabian Wosar confirmed that the systems of the game maker were infected with a ransomware strain dubbed ‘HelloKitty.’

The group also claims to have obtained a copy of an unreleased version of The Witcher 3 game.

CD PROJEKT RED reported the incident to the police and relevant authorities, including the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, it also hired IT forensic specialists to investigate the intrusion.

The gaming firm confirmed that it wouldn’t be paying any ransom demand.

“We will not give in to the demands nor negotiate with the actor, being aware that this may eventually lead to the release of the compromised data,” the company adds.

The company revealed that the compromised systems did not contain players’ personal data.

Recently other prominent gaming firms were victims of a ransomware attack, including Ubisoft and Crytek (hit by Egregor ransomware gang), and Capcom (hit by the Ragnar Locker).

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, CD Projekt Red)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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