Game Over, Data Gone
CD Projekt Red’s 2021 ransomware breach stole game source code and internal data, highlighting gaming’s exposure to double extortion.
In a heist straight out of dystopian fiction, the creators of Cyberpunk 2077 found themselves victims of a cyberattack as dramatic as the world they’d built in games. In 2021, Polish game studio CD Projekt Red (CDPR) was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed the inner workings of one of the gaming industry’s most closely guarded ecosystems.
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