Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED has taken to Twitter and gone public with the news that it has become the victim of a cyber hack which has compromised some of the studio's "internal systems". A ransom note has been left by the party in question, but the Polish studio states it will not give in to the demands stated below. The online attack is similar to that of which Capcom is suffering from right now — one which has seen internal documents leaked online.
In a tweet, CD Projekt RED said: "An unidentified actor gained unauthorized access to our internal network, collected certain data belonging to CD PROJEKT capital group, and left a ransom note the contents of which we release to the public. Although some devices in our network have been encrypted, our backups remain intact. We have already secured our IT infrastructure and begun restoring the data." The developer is still investigating the hack, but as of right now, states that the systems compromised did not contain any personal information relating to those who play games put out by CD Projekt RED.
The ransom note itself can be viewed below.
The ransomer claims to have the source codes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, and an unreleased version of The Witcher 3. This may be the PlayStation 5 port of the game planned for release later this year. If the two parties cannot reach an agreement, the source codes in question will apparently be sold online or leaked to "our contacts in gaming journalism". The hackers have given the developer 48 hours to respond. However, CD Projekt RED "will not give in to the demands nor negotiate with the actor".
CD Projekt RED signs off by saying: "We have already approached the relevant authorities, including law enforcement and the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, as well as IT forensic specialists, and we will closely cooperate with them in order to fully investigate this incident."
[source twitter.com]
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While it's obvious that CD Projekt RED isn't very well-liked as of right now, please remember that the decisions taken before its release belong to the higher-ups. The developers who actually made the game don't deserve to have their personal information stolen.
I hope the hackers are cought and get thrown in jail.
Gonks. I hope Alt gets them.
Yeah i mean i can't help but smirk but this is still terrible for the devs who have done nothing wrong. Hackers like this are just scumbags.
Epically pwned...lame
Leave them alone so they can get on with these game fixing updates!!!!!!
What a nightmare for all involved, I have confidence CDPR are working really hard to fix their game and now this
@Playstation What Transphobic stuff?
I warned em
I suspect the phantom thieves
Oh, dear. Why make it even more difficult for these people? This won't help the situation at all. These hackers must feel like real heroes.
@Playstation Having completed every job, gig and story branch in the game, I have no idea what "transfobic content" you are talking about. It's quite the opposite, really.
Karma catches up to us all.
I guess that hack's the hero of his own tale.
@LiamCroft
Exactly, apparently this hacker/hackers want to put potentially hundreds of very hard working people out of a job. I keep losing faith in humanity more and more each day.
Some little **** clearly didn't get their refund for the base PS4 version.
@Playstation I really don't think one fired social media manager making dumb jokes and an ad satirizing disgusting marketing tactics are grounds for getting your company info hacked and stolen. And the literal hive mind that is ResetEra isn't exactly the most objective source to link to.
@Playstation ResetEra? Really?
@Playstation I actually read most of that, but it's not going to change my stance. I think creators of any art form, be it film, music, drawings, theater, books, photography, games or whatever can create their universe the way they want it to be, as long as their goal isn't to offend anyone on purpose.
It's up to us to agree or disagree, play or ignore, and having and voicing an opinion is perfectly fine.
@LiamCroft I agree totally.......I hope Developers learn finding yourself in bondage to a higher force leaves you helpless on any decisions you make..........Basically you end up as a buffer to greed.
This is taking things too far...
@Playstation Leave baby Jesus out of this.
@Playstation transphobic? You need thicker skin or should avoid playing games with complex stories and stick to solitaire...
@Oriion There's no need for this. There are legitimate criticisms of CD Projekt RED outlined in the thread @Playstation has linked to.
This is unfortunate for sure.
Breach Protocol...
"You have been EPICALLY pwned"
Man is that guy living in 2005?
@Deadlyblack Bruh, you need to git with it. Rofl, catch my swag on the flipsyde noobl0rd xdxdxd now that's what I call epic p0wnage.
@Playstation As something of a video game news addict, I'm very, very well aware of all the terrible stuff CDPR has done over the years, especially the brutal crunch and extremely deceptive marketing for Cyberpunk 2077. My personal opinion of Cyberpunk 2077 as a work of art is irrelevant when it comes to examining what CDPR objectively is: a gross corporation.
But that's not the issue. The issue I took with your comment is the subjective viewpoint that the "transphobic" content in the game that the artists and writers designed is grounds for potentially getting their information stolen and made available to the public by some hacker. It's completely in the eye of the beholder what content is offensive, and I think it's a really slippery slope when we start pegging which specific devs at a company deserve to get hacked based on said offensive content and whether or not they're "bigots". Correct me if I'm wrong, but that seems to be what your comment implied.
And, with regards to my comment about ResetEra, some really great journalists use that place to spread useful insider information, but it's also a super toxic place that banishes anything that doesn't fit in with their own established politics. From what I've seen, you can't even mention certain individuals' names without getting shot down or outright banned. Doesn't exactly encourage free thinking, and it ironically adds extra power to the people and ideas they collectively despise so much. The worst thing you could do to someone who has horrible viewpoints is letting them talk. Let them create the rope to hang themselves with. All you have to do is sit there and sadly shake your head.
This sucks for CDPR, and it sucks for all of us. This isn't going to hasten the PS5 version or the free dlc or the next patch.
lol loved my time in this game had some funny bugs , cleared game will be waiting for the finished version with dlc , on to witcher trilogy now.
@Playstation “Leave the higher ups and bigots to suffer.“
This approach almost never brings real change. Positioning oneself as the white knight of justice simply places oneself on a pedestal that can only be fallen from. You can’t force people to change.
Education, understanding, empathy, compassion, patience and ultimately forgiveness are the ingredients needed to light the fire of a true change of heart.
People make mistakes. Kicking them when their down ensures a hardening of heart, counter productive to the goal of making a change. If real change isn’t the goal, then it’s simply virtue signalling, and no better than the original offence.
Depictions that can be interpreted as insensitive and blatant transphobia really seem like two very different beasts but idk I guess I'm a bigot.
That said, this overall situation sucks. There's some real straight up villains in this world that are ripe for a hack and CDPR ain't it, crappy as Cyberpunk turned out.
@Playstation which begs the question why you seem to have a personal crusade against the devs? Your perfectly welcome to your own opinion and the game definitely has its fair share of problems but as you said, it’s just a game so to say you think those responsible for marketing should lose their jobs seems like making a mountain out of a mole hill. The game also features mass shootings and chaotic violence. Im sure the devs don’t support random murder and destruction either. Your view is rather extremist.
At this point I'm guessing Atari buys CDPR on auction. Maybe 505 gets in on the bidding. This one is certainly outside the law and not their own fault, but I imagine if the attackers are legit, a heck of a lot of embarrassing information that will really ruin them gets out anyway. And even if it doesn't, everyone will start making up credible fake horrors that are believed as true, anyway.
On the other hand, I wouldn't be boasting about getting the CP2077 source if I were them. Isn't that like boasting you just stole the deed to a piece of real estate near the Fukushima coast?
@LiamCroft I really dont care holding companies ransomware is always bad the worst they did was release a mess of a game and lied about it. Still ransomware sucks in the Netherlands they did it too hospitals these people are utter scum.
@Playstation I dont have the game but lets be honest here if this happens at Rockstar nobody cares, Ubisoft protects molesters nobody cares. The problem is if someone likes the games they dont care about it.
@Oriion Why because you dont like hearing about the truth? He has all the right too tell whats going on in studio's if its said enough maybe the studio's will changein the future.
@Playstation I tried to word my comment in such a way as to not be accusatory as I don’t know you or your personal convictions. I more so spring-boarded off of your comment to make a general point.
There are certainly valid criticisms to be made, I’m sure, I just question whether a broad stroke hack of innocent people’s private information for the purpose of extortion is a valid path to progress, and unapologetic support of these movements is endemic in the online world sometimes at the cost of people’s entire livelihoods. Cheers!
@Playstation Ah you we're talking about the game and not CDPR the maker, the game doesn't transphobic content and that's what you implied. I will not though CDPR are Polish/European and they aren't usually as precious as the US/UK where it comes to stuff like this, what's transphobic to them isn't for a Polish person. I think CDPR are pretty scummy but i think the transphobic stuff is overblown.
@Playstation You cant be more right sometimes people dont want too hear it even if its a real issue.
@Oriion ooooh you’re hard.
@Playstation what exactly is transphobic in this game
I wouldn't care if CD Projekt Red sacrificed kittens to make a game as long as their writing and characters remained preem.
@ApostateMage Then you are a disgusting piece of work if everything comes for something as trivial as a game.
It seems many people seriously think that the hacker(s) is some disgruntled gamer. While they may feel let down by the game, it is clear that they simply continuing on their criminal enterprise of extortion. Targeted attack like this one is hard to pull off. A hacker won't do it just for giggles; there must be possibility of a monetary reward. Also, it shows it's not their first gig. Ransomware business is thriving. Company I work for (a game dev studio) was a victim once too, few years ago. It's far more common than you might think. Obviously, not just a game development companies are targeted, but rather anyone who can potentially pay in bitcoins.
TL;DR: It's just a daily business for the hacker. Not a vendetta against CDPR.
When it rains, it pours
Yay! Best news today! Please god bankrupt those *****, they are greedy and deserve that...
I hope the hacker/unidentified actor is caught and brought to justice, what they did was illegal and immoral.
Apparently no personal information was grabbed so all good in my book. I'd actually like to see if CD Project is guilty of mismanagement. Down with the execs polluting gaming as they try to make a dirty dollar.
Bit of a passionate comment section i see. Whoever would of thought the darling of video gaming the makers of The Witcher 3 could put themselves in this screwed up situation.
I don’t condone hackers especially when its for extortion and personal gain. And Thursday could bring CDPR to there knees if the hacker releases there personal info snd secrets to the public it will be a bloodbath.
In response CDProjektRed said they refused to take it back until the hackers fix the Cyberpunk 2077 source code
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