Insomniac Games hit by Rhysida Ransomware Gang

Insomniac hack files leak news on Wolverine, Spider-Man 3, and more - Oli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. The ransomware group that hacked Spider-Man 2 developer Insomniac Games on ...
6 months ago Polygon.com

5 Valuable Skills Kids Can Gain by Playing Video Games - Video games come in all shapes and sizes and can be very educational for children of all ages. Video games can provide children with valuable skills that can help them in their everyday lives. From problem-solving abilities to self-control, learning ...
1 year ago Welivesecurity.com

FBI and CISA warn of opportunistic Rhysida ransomware attacks - The FBI and CISA warned today of Rhysida ransomware gang's opportunistic attacks targeting organizations across multiple industry sectors. Rhysida, a ransomware enterprise that surfaced in May 2023, quickly gained notoriety after breaching the ...
7 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

Sony investigating potential ransomware attack on Insomniac Games unit - Sony said it is looking into reports of a ransomware attack on its subsidiary Insomniac Games, the studio behind popular titles like Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon and more. On Tuesday, the Rhysida ransomware gang claimed to have attacked Insomniac ...
6 months ago Therecord.media

Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents - A cyberattack has compromised the prestigious game company Insomniac Games, exposing private data without authorization. Concerns over data security in the gaming business have been raised by this hack, which has spread throughout the community. ...
6 months ago Cysecurity.news

Insomniac Game Studio Hacked, Wolverine Project Leaked In Breach - Insomniac, one of the most successful video game makers in the world, was recently the victim of a massive hack ... and parts of the highly anticipated Wolverine game were among the troves of material leaked in the breach. According to multiple ...
6 months ago Tmz.com

Insomniac Games hit by Rhysida Ransomware Gang - Actor: rhysida ...
6 months ago Twitter.com

Rhysida ransomware gang claims British Library cyberattack - The Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the British Library in October, which has caused a major ongoing IT outage. Rhysida is auctioning off the data it reportedly stole from the United Kingdom's national library ...
7 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

New Rhysida Ransomware Attacking Government and IT Industries - Hackers use ransomware to encrypt victims' files and demand payment for the decryption key. This malicious tactic allows them to extort money from the following entities by exploiting vulnerabilities in their digital systems:-. In May 2023, this new ...
6 months ago Gbhackers.com

Slovenia's largest power provider HSE hit by ransomware attack - Slovenian power company Holding Slovenske Elektrarne has suffered a ransomware attack that compromised its systems and encrypted files, yet the company says the incident did not disrupt electric power production. HSE is Slovenia's largest power ...
7 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

Cyber Criminals Seek $2 Million in Bitcoin After Siphoning Insomniac Games Data - The Rhysida hacker group is believed to have carried out a cyberattack against Insomniac Games and is now demanding a ransom, starting at 50 Bitcoin, or more than $2 million. Which owns the Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet & Clank franchises, is actively ...
6 months ago Cysecurity.news

Here's How to Make Your Gaming Experience Safer - Over 1 billion people worldwide regularly play online games. The emergence of high-quality games, multiple gaming mediums, and online communities has prompted gamers to overlook the dark side of online gaming. If you play games online on your ...
6 months ago Cybersecurity-insiders.com

Regenerate and Conquer: Wolverine's Real-Time Damage System to Dominate the Gaming Landscape - Marvel's Wolverine has leaked details which suggest that the game will use advanced features, even those that are not available on current PlayStation 5 hardware, to play the game. In the recent Insomniac data breach, a new rumour has been ...
6 months ago Cysecurity.news

The Week in Ransomware - Earlier this month, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware operation suffered a five-day disruption to their Tor data leak and negotiation sites, rumored to be caused by a law enforcement action. The FBI revealed this week that they hacked the BlackCat/ALPHV ...
6 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

The Top 10 Ransomware Groups of 2023 - This article takes an in-depth look at the rise in ransomware attacks over the past year and the criminal groups driving the surge in cyber extortion. LockBit has established itself as one of the most notorious ransomware operations since emerging on ...
5 months ago Securityboulevard.com

Hive Ransomware: A Detailed Analysis - This past week, on January 26th, to be exact, the FBI successfully shut down the Hive ransomware group and saved victims over a hundred million dollars in ransom payments and remediation costs. As ransomware continues to be a national security threat ...
1 year ago Heimdalsecurity.com

Ransomware gang takes credit for Christmas attack on global Lutheran organization - Details about a Christmas-season ransomware attack on a global Christian organization became clearer this week as a cybercrime gang took credit for what appears to be a related theft of data. The World Council of Churches, an inter-church ...
5 months ago Therecord.media

Waiting for the BlackCat rebrand - We saw another ransomware operation shut down this week after first getting breached by law enforcement and then targeting critical infrastructure, putting them further in the spotlight of the US government. While the Tor onion domain seizure was a ...
3 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

Riot Games Receives a 10 Million Dollar Ransom Demand - What Happened and How Can You Protect Your Organization? - Riot Games, the developer behind the popular video games League of Legends and Valorant, recently received a 10 million dollar ransom demand. This demand has the potential to cause chaos across the gaming world and can put any organization at risk if ...
1 year ago Heimdalsecurity.com

Ransomware Roundup - The Ransomware Roundup report aims to provide readers with brief insights into the evolving ransomware landscape and the Fortinet solutions that protect against those variants. This edition of the Ransomware Roundup covers the 8base ransomware. 8base ...
6 months ago Feeds.fortinet.com

Medusa Ransomware Turning Your Files into Stone - Unit 42 Threat Intelligence analysts have noticed an escalation in Medusa ransomware activities and a shift in tactics toward extortion, characterized by the introduction in early 2023 of their dedicated leak site called the Medusa Blog. The Unit 42 ...
5 months ago Unit42.paloaltonetworks.com

Stanford: Data of 27,000 people stolen in September ransomware attack - Stanford University says the personal information of 27,000 individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack impacting its Department of Public Safety network. The university discovered the attack on September 27 and disclosed one month later that it ...
3 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

Ransomware review: December 2023 - This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher. In November there were 457 total ransomware victims, making it the most active month for ransomware gangs in 2023 so far besides May. The top ...
6 months ago Malwarebytes.com

Fragging: The Subscription Model Comes for Gamers - The video game industry is undergoing the same concerning changes we've seen before with film and TV, and it underscores the need for meaningful digital ownership. Twenty years ago you owned DVDs. Ten years ago you probably had a Netflix subscription ...
5 months ago Eff.org

The Week in Ransomware - Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to prison. On Tuesday, the Australian, US, and UK governments announced sanctions against Aleksandr Gennadievich ...
5 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com