Insomniac Games Responds to Having Its Data, including an Early Playable Build of Its Unreleased Wolverine Game, Leaked Online

[Peter_Brosdahl]

It's been a rough week for the Spider-Man 2 developer and now as Insomniac Games responds to having its stolen data released online it's clear that its only goal is to move forward. Earlier this week troves of data began circulating the internet which had been posted by ransomware group Rhysida. The group had managed to obtain 1.67 TB of data from Insomniac Games, which included an early playable build for its Marvel's Wolverine game in development, game assets, confidential personnel info, contract and licensing details for its future X-Men games, data for Spider-Man 2, and more. The data breach comprised over 1.3 million files.

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[Grimlakin]

What's interesting is this has been happening far before it became normal to blackmail companies with their stolen data. Now thanks to Bitcoin it's been monetized. As long as companies can be hacked by a kid with a fire stick and internet connection... Companies will have this issue.