CD Projekt Red suffers cyber attack, source code for Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 stolen

CD Projekt Red suffers cyber attack, source code for Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 stolen

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CD Projekt Red was the victim of a targeted cyber attack, in which hackers claim to have stolen internal documents and the source code of Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3 and others. The company announced the attack on Twitter, noting that their “internal systems have been compromised” and that the hackers left a ransom note. The ransom note was released to the public along with the announcement, and claims that hackers “dumped complete copies of the source codes” for Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, Gwent and “the unreleased version of Witcher 3”, probably the next- gen edition coming later this year.Hackers also claim to have access to “all” company documents related to “accounting, management, legal, HR, investor relations and more.” The ransom note ends by noting that the CD Projekt Red has 48 hours to contact hackers, or “your source codes will be sold or leaked online and your documents will be sent to our contacts in game journalism. Your public image will down the drain even more and people will see how you [sic] shitty functions of your company. Investors will lose confidence in their company and the shares will fall further “, continues the note.

According to CD Projekt, the devices on their network have been encrypted, but they have started to restore their IT infrastructure and data through backups. “We are not going to give in to the demands or negotiate with the actor, aware that this can lead to the disclosure of the compromised data,” says the company’s statement on Twitter. The CD Projekt Red states that, as far as you are aware, “the compromised systems did not contain any personal data of our players or users of our services”.

The company has contacted competent authorities, including the president of the Office of Personal Data Protection and forensic IT experts, who will be investigating the cyber attack. This ransomware attack echoes a similar event for Capcom, in which hackers stole large amounts of data, eventually leaking multiple games and leaving former employees to fear for the security of their personal data. Capcom recently said the attack had no significant impact on the games it planned to launch.

In other news from CD Projekt Red, the company recently released a hotfix for Cyberpunk 2077 that eliminated a vulnerability that could make PC modders vulnerable to malicious hackers. Tesla recently revealed that its new cars can run The Witcher 3 via built-in 10-Teraflop gaming platforms.

Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

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