It turns out that it sells the source code of 'Cyberpunk 2077' and 'The Witcher 3' stolen by hackers for over 100 million yen



In February 2021,

CD Projekt RED , the developer of the role-playing game ' Cyberpunk 2077 ', was hit by a cyber attack, and the source of popular games such as 'Cyberpunk 2077', 'The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt ' and ' Gwent Witcher Card Game ' Code and company documents have been stolen . It is newly found that the stolen data is sold at a price of over 100 million yen.

Hackers Begin Sharing Internal CD Projekt Red Data Publicly
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjpapp/hackers-release-cdpr-data-gwent

Cyberpunk 2077 studio's hacked data has reportedly been sold --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/11/22278121/cd-projekt-red-ransomware-hack-cyberpunk-2077-the-witcher-3-auction-sale

An attacker who stole data from CD Projekt RED contacted CD Projekt RED to 'negotiate for 48 hours.' However, CD Projekt RED issued a statement on February 9, 2021 that it would not negotiate with the attackers.

The developer of 'Cyberpunk 2077' is attacked by a cyber attack and the source code and in-house documents of the game are stolen --GIGAZINE



Later, some of the data stolen on February 10, 2021 was found on the Internet. When Motherboard, a technology-related media, verified the data, it was said that the released data included a part of the development data of 'Gwent Witcher Card Game' and test code for developers. To collect the source code of the malware vx-underground is, as 'published data is the source code of' Gwent wicking char card game ' ' said we.




On February 11, 2021, on the hacking community site ' Exploit ', 'Cyberpunk 2077', 'The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt', ' Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales ', and 'Late' were stolen in an attack on CD Projekt RED. A post was found that said, 'Auction the source code for The Witcher 3 for Racing.' The posting date is displayed as February 9, 2021, and the starting price of the auction is set to 1 million dollars (about 100 million yen), and the prompt decision price is set to 7 million dollars (about 730 million yen).




In addition, a post was found stating that the transaction was completed on our satisfactory terms, and it has already been found that the data stolen from CD Projekt RED is being traded on high terms.




At the time of writing, the price at which the data was traded and the details of the attacker are unknown, but technology media The Verge said, 'A security researcher has a track record of being used to attack Minas Gerais power in Brazil. I think the ransomware 'HelloKitty' was also used in this attack. '

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