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Facebook Will Not Warn Users Affected by Data Leak

Facebook Will Not Warn Users Affected by Data Leak

Facebook has no plans to warn users whose data got leaked online. The website believes it has done everything it can to take care of security.

hardware & software

Kamil Komaniecki

April 9, 2021

Facebook Will Not Warn Users Affected by Data Leak
Hacker Steals Almost $6 Million in Crypto Tokens

Hacker Steals Almost $6 Million in Crypto Tokens

Cryptocurrency website Roll fell victim to a hacker attack. Cybercriminals cracked passwords and stole the equivalent of $5.7 million in Ethereum-based tokens.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

March 19, 2021

Hacker Steals Almost $6 Million in Crypto Tokens
CD Projekt RED Hunts Down Tweets Linking to Gwent's Stole Source Code

CD Projekt RED Hunts Down Tweets Linking to Gwent's Stole Source Code

CD Projekt RED is cracking down on illegal distribution of Gwent's source code stolen almost two weeks ago. Several posts were removed on Twitter with help of the infamous DMCA.

video games

Adrian Piotrowski

February 22, 2021

CD Projekt RED Hunts Down Tweets Linking to Gwent's Stole Source Code
Stolen Source Code of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 Sold

Stolen Source Code of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 Sold

The auction where we could buy the data stolen from CD Projekt in a recent ransmoware attack, including the source code of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, among other things, has probably concluded with a deal.

video games

Tom Borys

February 11, 2021

Stolen Source Code of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 Sold
CD Projekt Employees Suspect Identity Theft

CD Projekt Employees Suspect Identity Theft

This morning, a former employee of CDP, Marcin Kosman, reported on Twitter that CD Projekt's employees are replacing their IDs for fear of identity theft after the recent attack. In response, the company informed our editors that at this point there is no evidence of personal data leak.

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Michal Ciezadlik

February 11, 2021

CD Projekt Employees Suspect Identity Theft
CD Projekt Praised for Response to Hacker Attack

CD Projekt Praised for Response to Hacker Attack

A hacker attack is another unfortunate event for CD Projekt. However, the company's quick and „transparent” response has earned the creators of Cyberpunk 2077 the approval of security specialists.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

February 11, 2021

CD Projekt Praised for Response to Hacker Attack
Source Code of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 Auctioned for $1 Million

Source Code of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 Auctioned for $1 Million

Source code of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, as well as other data stolen during a ransomware attack on CD Projekt's servers, will be auctioned off on one of hacker internet forums. The starting price for the files is one million dollars.

video games

Michael Kulakowski

February 10, 2021

Source Code of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 Auctioned for $1 Million
Hackers Publish Gwent's Source Code on the Web

Hackers Publish Gwent's Source Code on the Web

It seems that yesterday's attack on CD Projekt has its first visible consequences. The source code for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game has been leaked. It is possible that other files will soon start surfacing, including the code of the studio's latest game, Cyberpunk 2077.

video games

Bart Swiatek

February 10, 2021

Hackers Publish Gwent's Source Code on the Web
Data of 65,000 Players Leaked After Koei Tecmo Servers Hacking

Data of 65,000 Players Leaked After Koei Tecmo Servers Hacking

Hackers have attacked another game publisher. This time they hacked the servers of the European branch of Koei Tecmo and stole the data of 65 thousand users of the company's official forum.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

December 30, 2020

Data of 65,000 Players Leaked After Koei Tecmo Servers Hacking
Nintendo Hack Perpetrator Will be Jailed for 3 Years

Nintendo Hack Perpetrator Will be Jailed for 3 Years

There was a judgment in the case of Ryan Hernandez, a hacker who stole Switch's data and other confidential information from Nintendo's servers. The 21-year-old will spend three years in prison and has to pay the company a huge compensation.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

December 2, 2020

Nintendo Hack Perpetrator Will be Jailed for 3 Years
We Know How Much Crytek Pays for DRM in Crysis Remastered

We Know How Much Crytek Pays for DRM in Crysis Remastered

Thanks to the documents recently stolen by hackers, we found out how much Crytek paid for using the Denuvo DRM system.

video games

Adrian Werner

November 25, 2020

We Know How Much Crytek Pays for DRM in Crysis Remastered
Street Fighter 6 Confirmed in Stolen Documents

Street Fighter 6 Confirmed in Stolen Documents

A new leaka of documents stolen from Capcom's servers confirms that Street Fighter 6 is in the works and that it will be released on consoles and PCs.

video games

Paul Musiolik

November 19, 2020

Street Fighter 6 Confirmed in Stolen Documents
Leaks Reveal Resident Evil Battle Royale Game From Capcom

Leaks Reveal Resident Evil Battle Royale Game From Capcom

A number of Capcom's internal documents have leaked as a result of a hacker attack. According to them, PC ports of Monster Hunter: Rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2, among others, are being prepared. In addition, the publisher was to receive $10 million for adding several Resident Evil games to Google Stadia.

video games

Adrian Werner

November 16, 2020

Leaks Reveal Resident Evil Battle Royale Game From Capcom
Watch Dogs Legion's Source Code Has Gone Public

Watch Dogs Legion's Source Code Has Gone Public

560 GB of data from Watch Dogs: Legion was releases by the hacker group Egregor. This is a consequence of not yielding to the demands issued by the group a few weeks ago.

video games

Karol Laska

November 3, 2020

Watch Dogs Legion's Source Code Has Gone Public
Hackers Threaten to Publish Source Code of Watch Dogs Legion

Hackers Threaten to Publish Source Code of Watch Dogs Legion

Hackers from a group called Egregor reported that they stole data from Ubisoft and Crytek. The source code of Watch Dogs: Legion is said to be among them.

video games

Adrian Werner

October 16, 2020

Hackers Threaten to Publish Source Code of Watch Dogs Legion

Data of Half a Million Activision Accounts Leaked [Updated]

Activision has become a target of hackers. According to numerous sources, data of at least 500 thousand users was leaked as a result of a recent successful hack into the company's servers.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

September 22, 2020

Data of Half a Million Activision Accounts Leaked [Updated]
Intel has a Problem - 20 GB of Classified Data and Tools Have Leaked

Intel has a Problem - 20 GB of Classified Data and Tools Have Leaked

There has been a major leak of classified data at Intel. A 20-gigabyte package containing, among other things, CPU blueprints and tools used by the company's employees has surfaced online.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

August 7, 2020

Intel has a Problem - 20 GB of Classified Data and Tools Have Leaked

The Last of Us 2 - Hackers Likely to be Responsible for Recent Leak

We learned more about the videos from The Last of Us: Part 2 that were recently leaked. Much suggests that hackers who used the keys from Naughty Dog's earlier games to get to the TLoU2 movies are responsible for this.

video games

Adrian Werner

May 4, 2020

The Last of Us 2 - Hackers Likely to be Responsible for Recent Leak

Hackers May Have Gained Data From 160,000 Nintendo Accounts

Nintendo has commented on unauthorised logins to Nintendo Account. According to the company, hackers may have used data related to about 160,000 Nintendo Network accounts.

hardware & software

Jacob Blazewicz

April 24, 2020

Hackers May Have Gained Data From 160,000 Nintendo Accounts

Valve: CS:GO Source Code Leak Poses No Threat to Gamers

Valve commented on yesterday's leak of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 source code. We were assured that the situation does not pose any threat to users playing on official servers.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

April 23, 2020

Valve: CS:GO Source Code Leak Poses No Threat to Gamers