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Jacob Blazewicz, 14 October 2024, 02:17

Teraleak is 1 TB of data from the Game Freak studio, and even the modest amount of information disclosed revealed quite a bit about the past and future of the Pokemon series.

Maciej Gaffke, 17 April 2024, 01:29

Void Interactive studio has fallen victim to a hacking attack. More than 2 million files related to the popular shooter Ready or Not were stolen from the company.

Kamil Kleszyk, 19 March 2024, 01:59

The developers of the Denuvo anti-piracy software, company Irdeto, unveiled a new technology that allows developers to place watermarks in games to help determine who is responsible for data leaks.

Martin Bukowski, 29 February 2024, 01:58

Epic Games has fallen victim to a hacking attack. Nearly 200 GB of data was allegedly stolen, including sensitive ones.

Adrian Werner, 24 December 2023, 16:33

Ubisoft has become the next target of a hacker attacks. Among other things, the thieves tried to steal the personal data of Rainbow Six: Siege users.

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 December 2023, 17:51

After the hacking attack on Insomniac Games, there the moods are sour at the studio, but the team thanked for the words of support from fans and intends to take a cue from Wolverine.

Zuzanna Domeradzka, 22 December 2023, 03:51

The trial of the hacker responsible for the massive GTA 6 data leak from 2022 has come to an end. The teenager was sentenced to stay in a secure hospital until further notice.

Maciej Gaffke, 20 December 2023, 07:15

The high-profile leak of Insomniac Games data and the emerging news about it in the media have sparked a discussion online. It involves developers, journalists and online whistleblowers, most of whom speak out against the „distribution” of the stolen materials by various website.

Kamil Kleszyk, 19 December 2023, 04:51

After a slew of Insomniac Games data hit the web, insiders and others in the gaming industry expressed deep sympathy for those affected.

Kamil Kleszyk, 12 December 2023, 07:42

A group of hackers got hold of sensitive data on Insomniac Games employees and information about Marvel's Wolverine they are developing.

Adam Celarek, 27 September 2023, 10:55

Recent days have been full of information revolving around Microsoft's data leak. It seems that a similar situation may soon await Sony, which was said to have fallen victim to an attack carried out by a group of hackers.

Zuzanna Domeradzka, 02 June 2023, 13:10

GSC Game World has addressed the recent leak of STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl files. The developers ask not to open and share the materials, which were uploaded to the web by Russian hackers.

Jakub Tarchala, 11 April 2023, 14:58

Nintendo wants to punish an „anonymous” perpetrator who illegally published an 200-page artbook from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The case has gone to court.

Jacob Blazewicz, 24 March 2023, 16:43

We didn't have to wait long for Counter-Strike 2 to appear off Steam, probably thanks to one of the beta test participants.

Jacob Blazewicz, 16 March 2023, 11:15

The hackers who broke into the servers of GSC Game World have kept their word. Materials from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has hit the web, including gameplay footage.

Hubert Sledziewski, 10 February 2023, 13:04

The hackers responsible for the recent attack on Riot Games are apparently having trouble fencing their loot. The minimum price for League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics source codes and anti-cheater software has been lowered.

Kamil Kleszyk, 29 January 2023, 23:34

After Riot Games categorically refused to pay the ransom for the stolen League of Legends code, the hackers decided to put it up for auction. The price is sizable.

Agnes Adamus, 26 January 2023, 14:20

Riot Games was attacked by hackers. As a result, the source codes of games such as League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics were stolen.

Adrian Werner, 01 January 2023, 22:57

An alpha version of Horizon Forbidden West has surfaced online. This is one of many leaks of this type that have taken place in the last few days.

Kamil Kleszyk, 16 November 2022, 16:26

It looks like GTA 5 also feel victim to the September hacking attack on Rockstar Games, as the source code for the 2013 game has surfaced online.

Adrian Werner, 08 November 2022, 11:33

Take-Two Interactive's CEO has reassured investors, stating that the leaked GTA 6 footage will not affect work on the project.

Kamil Kleszyk, 21 September 2022, 11:52

Another Take-Two Group team was attacked by hackers. This time 2K fell victim to the cybercriminals. The publisher warns players against emails allegedly sent by the support team.

Jakub Tarchala, 20 September 2022, 11:48

Uber suspects that the Lapsus$ group is responsible for a hacking attack on the company. The makers of the popular app have asked for help from the FBI and the US Department of Justice.

Damian Mista, 19 September 2022, 15:37

We've seen a leak a lot of footage from the upcoming GTA VI. 90 (!) videos from the early version of the game have surfaced on the web, confirming that the action will be set in Vice City and will take place after the events of GTA V.

Zuzanna Domeradzka, 26 July 2022, 13:54

Leaks revealing gameplay from The Last of Us: Part I weren't the last ones concerning Sony's upcoming games. More unofficial footage is on the way. Such a number of leaks may indicate serious problems with Sony's security system.

Adrian Werner, 09 December 2021, 14:18

The popular online game Myth of Empires has been removed from distribution on Steam due to its developers being accused of stealing the source code.

Jacob Blazewicz, 16 October 2021, 23:37

The leak of the new anti-cheat security feature didn't surprise Call of Duty developers, and in their opinion it won't help cheat creators much.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 11 October 2021, 10:10

Twitch has reportedly never paid the utmost attention to security, so the leak didn't surprise its former employees.

Hubert Sledziewski, 06 October 2021, 14:39

An anonymous hacker leaked the source code of Twitch. Among the 125 GB of data were also the earnings of major streamers using the service. The amounts are staggering.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 04 October 2021, 14:56

Cybercriminals seem to see no obstacles to stealing from the likes of themselves. Hackers who buy ransomware complain about the backdoors installed in it.

Michael Kulakowski, 10 August 2021, 19:06

Gigabyte, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, was attacked by hackers and became a victim of a ransomware attack. The criminals are threatening to publish more than 112GB of the company's confidential files, which include sensitive technical documents from AMD and Intel, among others.

Hubert Sledziewski, 16 July 2021, 22:18

The hackers who stole over 780GB of data from Electronic Arts last month have gone from trying to sell it to publishing it online. This is to make EA pay the ransom, but the corporation doesn't give in to the demands.

Konrad Sarzynski, 01 July 2021, 13:20

The data of 700 million LinkedIn users has gone up for sale. This is another such case, and the way the data was obtained and the price for the entire database should raise many eyebrows.

Christian Pieniazek, 11 June 2021, 19:27

The hackers responsible for breaking into EA's servers have shared information on how the whole process went. From their description it seems that the procedure was not particularly complicated and did not require specialized knowledge, but... cleverness.

Hubert Sledziewski, 11 June 2021, 10:15

CD Projekt has announced that during the hacking attack on the Polish company's servers in February this year, in addition to game source codes, its employees' personal data was probably also stolen.

Hubert Sledziewski, 10 June 2021, 20:32

Motherboard reached information about a hacking of EA's servers. Hackers had stolen source codes for FIFA 21 and the Frostbite engine. EA confirmed that the attack.

Adrian Werner, 07 June 2021, 11:26

A funny video stolen by hackers from CD Projekt RED's servers has appeared on the web. It contains a compilation of bugs and glitches from Cyberpunk 2077 and was collected by the game's devs and QA.

Bart Swiatek, 10 May 2021, 10:26

Reports that have surfaced online suggest that user data from Epicgames.com may have been leaked. The leak may include emails, account names and possibly passwords of more than 106 million people.

Hubert Sledziewski, 18 April 2021, 23:19

The disclosure of the existence of a bug in Valve's games, which could enable hackers to steal data, prompted the company to partially fix the flaw.

Michal Ciezadlik, 12 April 2021, 17:18

A dangerous exploit in CS:GO and other Source engine-based games has been revealed. The vulnerability allows for stealing passwords, skins and many other data. Valve was supposed to have known about it for two years and didn't react.

Kamil Komaniecki, 09 April 2021, 15:15

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.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 19 March 2021, 14:42

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

Adrian Piotrowski, 22 February 2021, 21:55

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.

Tom Borys, 11 February 2021, 18:41

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.

Michal Ciezadlik, 11 February 2021, 17:06

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 11 February 2021, 11:49

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.

Michael Kulakowski, 10 February 2021, 22:37

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.

Bart Swiatek, 10 February 2021, 13:19

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 30 December 2020, 18:59

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 02 December 2020, 22:18

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.