Hackers target Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 maker in cyber attack
CD Projekt Red, the video game studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, has been targeted in a cyber attack. The hacker(s) also sent a ransom note to the Polish game development studio. CD Projekt Red happens to be one of the wealthiest game companies in Europe, second only to Ubisoft. Here is the official statement by the company regarding the cyber attack.
“Yesterday we discovered that we have become a victim of a targeted cyber attack due to which some of our internal systems have been compromised.
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 content 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.