The Last of Us Part II Was Reportedly Leaked by Hackers Who Found Their Way Into Naughty Dog’s Servers

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The last few weeks haven’t been good for The Last of Us fans who wanted to avoid spoilers for the upcoming sequel, as leaked footage of major story events have been circulating around numerous corners of the Internet. Naturally, everyone’s been wondering who was behind the leak – but contrary to earlier rumors that pointed toward disgruntled Naughty Dog employees, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier claims that it was actually a hacker’s doing.



OK: After talking to two people with direct knowledge of how TLOU2 leaked as well as some Naughty Dog employees, I have a good idea of what happened. Short version: hackers found a security vulnerability in a patch for an older ND game and used it to get access to ND’s servers.— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) May 3, 2020...

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