Cyberpunk 2077 didn't arrive on Switch, but you've likely seen the troubled launch it went through back in December. Opinions on the game aside, it's been a difficult state of affairs for CD Projekt RED ever since, which has come under investigation by the Polish Government. Adding to its woes, it has now been targeted by a ransomware attack.
Reminiscent of Capcom's own recent attack, CD Projekt RED released a statement on Twitter this morning confirming "an unidentified actor gained unauthorized access to our internal network". Including the hacker's ransom note, this anonymous threat claims CD Projekt RED have been "EPICALLY pwned", saying they have access to source codes for Cyberpunk 2077, Gwent and The Witcher 3.
They also threatened to leak an unreleased version of The Witcher 3 – which could be the next-gen upgrade – and gave CD Projekt RED 48 hours to contact them.
No user data was contained within this, but unfortunately, their employees aren't so lucky. Documents related to accounting, administration, legal issues, human resources and investors are all under threat of release, too.
CD Projekt RED has advised it won't give in to these demands, acknowledging the risks that strategy brings. Confirming it has already contacted the "relevant authorities", it is now working with Poland's Personal Data Protection Office and IT forensic specialists to resolve this matter.
[source twitter.com]
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Lol "Your have been epically pwned!"
Haha is this the same guys who did the WallStreetBets thing?
Phantom Thieves are Back!!
Are hackers just contractually obligated to speak in leet speak or something, geez.
I don't believe them.
Hackers threat to fix one bug in cyberpunk 2077 at a time until their demands are met.
Despite the flip up they did with Cyberpunk, I can't help but feel bad for them. After all this is going to affect people jobs and livelyhoods...
Lol, what a childish threat. I hope they go.down the dumpster themselves as these kind of threats/ claimed actions hurt the employees most, not necessarily Management.
"Your have been epically pwned!"
So CD Projekt Red got hacked by...Eric Cartman?
What does “pwned” actually mean?
It is the same as “you’ve been Tango’d” ?
Maybe this is just some... SEEDY P.R... Ba dum tshhh.
@milvus976578 No worries then, they'll be tired before they're halfway through, and (gaming) companies love some free labour apparently.
rescue will be delayed &postponed
What sort of agreement do they want?
One involving money in a black suitcase somewhere?
What a joke.
@Gerald
It's just 1337-5p34k for "owned". As in "got served" or "ended up looking like a right buffoon". ^^
@UltimateOtaku91 futaba dammit stop hacking random companies
Lol the people on Twitter like “will somebody PLEASE think of cdpr??” My heart goes out to the innocent bystanders in everything that’s happened from cyberpunk to now, but this is the kind of mess these executives deserve to clean up.
Would've been a whole lot funnier if the hackers blackmailed CD Projekt to improve Cyberpunk 2077 more.
Well here are some free goodwill points for CDPR as they play the ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’ card.
Maybe the hackers can fix Cyberpunk. Couldn't do much worse. Or was that CDPR's plan? Leave the door open and see if a passing Samaritan helps?
It's always funny when people make threats like that thinking people companies won't just tell everyone what they are trying as if they will be some how scared of them.
The disgruntled tone and the poor grammar of the ransom note made me giggle a bit if I have to be honest. This looks like a bunch of angry (but admittedly skilled in IT) gamers on 4chan would come up with, as if they feel the need to take revenge on a company... Future developments of this attack are going to be interesting. Wonder if CDPR thinks all this is a bluff and that the hackers won't actually release what they claim to have.
Look, we get it. Cyberpunk is a hot mess. People have a right to be peeved. There were definitely some VERY poor decisions at the management level on up. But that doesn't give one the right to illegally break into CDPR's network and run off with confidential data. This will affect many innocent employees and livelihoods.
Also...pwned? What's next, All your CDPR are belong to us?
@Donnerkebab they deliberately scammed millions of people, so i hardly care. it's really a shame how many innocent workers have been harmed by the arrogant missteps of their executives, and incidents like this are a direct result. i'll proudly wear your "scummy" label.
@Donnerkebab Ur capitalism trauma is showing
Am a user from Good Old Games does this affect the website as well?
@LaytonPuzzle27 They've said no customer data was affected, so you're fine here.
@Gerald 'What does “pwned” actually mean?'
It's a typo of "owned" that somehow entered common parlance in the online community.
@Terra That's good to hear. Thanks for telling me that.
They've been Cyberpunk'd!!
That hacker isn’t very smart. CP 2077 has been dumped online since April, and I’m sure CDPR is already in on that. If there’s an unreleased Witcher 3, again, when it’s officially released it will have been hacked and dumped online like pretty much every PC game.
The release of the other information, though...oh boy. That guys gonna get slapped in irons for that.
NINJA DOES NOT APPROVE
"Your pwned"
How childish. Are these people from 2005?
@Gerald @Mountain_Man Pwned originated in the 1994 game Warcraft, where enemies would say something like "You got owned!" when they beat you. Instead, someone hit the P key instead of O, and Pwned was introduced into the world.
Now add 3rd person mode to cyberpunk.
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