Insomniac Games could have been hacked: they threaten to reveal details of “Wolverine” and employee data

New cyberattack puts Sony under control. This time the victim will be Games for insomniasuccessful franchise studio Spider-Man from PlayStation. Ransomware group Risida claims to have hacked the company and stolen information from a new game Wolverine for PS5 and employee personal data. Of course, they are already threatening to post them online.

According to a report from Cyber ​​Daily (by using VGK And eurogamer), hackers gave Sony and Insomniac Games 7 days to pay the ransom and avoid disclosure of information. Of course, at the same time they opened an auction to sell the material to the highest bidder. The initial amount is 50 BTC, an amount that, given the price of Bitcoin at the time of writing this article, is slightly higher 2 million dollars.

To verify the veracity of the Insomniac Games hack, Ryshida hackers published an alleged screenshot with annotations that could belong to Wolverine. There will also be other art elements that reveal other characters in the game, which will be released on PS5 in 2025.

Although what is truly alarming is the possible leak of personal information of PlayStation Studio employees. The attackers claim to have gained access to personal documentation such as scans of your passports.

They will also have information from actors who have worked with Insomniac Games on their latest games. This would be the case Yuri Lowenthalplayed Peter Parker in Spider-Man (2018), Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020) and Spider-Man 2 (2023). It is currently unknown whether other game voice artists will be compromised.

Sony is already investigating a possible hack of Insomniac Games

Given the rapid spread of news of the apparent hack of Insomniac Games, Sony issued a statement to the press. The Japanese company indicated that it was aware of reports of a suspected cyber attack and that has already started an investigation. Although they did not confirm or deny this fact, they still left the door open to ensure that the information was true.

In any case, the corporation tried to remain calm regarding the possible scale of the attack. “We are currently investigating this situation. We have no reason to believe that other units of the GIP [PlayStation] or Sony suffered”they indicated.

If the Insomniac Games breach turns out to be true, it will be a bucket of cold water for Sony. Let us recall that just two months ago, in early October, SIE confirmed that it had become the victim of an attack, as a result of which the personal data of almost 7,000 employees was exposed. And just a few weeks earlier, its servers in Japan were hacked, resulting in the exfiltration of more than 3GB of data.

For now, Insomniac Games has called for silence. If the studio and its parent company do not respond to the ransomware group’s attack claim and no bid is submitted to the auction, It is likely that the information (both Wolverine as well as employees) is posted online for free. We will be monitoring this situation closely.