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Hackers Leak Insomniac's 'X-Men' Game After Bitcoin Ransom Demand
One week ago, cyberattackers announced that they’d hacked into Sony game studio Insomniac Games and would leak over a terabyte of confidential data—unless a hefty ransom of 50 Bitcoin ($2 million at the time) was paid within seven days. The files went up on auction immediately last week, but only 2% of the leaked trove appears to have been sold, according to a report from CyberDaily. The remaining 98% of Insomniac data has been published, revealing files from the studio’s Spider-Man 2 game, a three-game X-Men contract between Sony and Marvel signed in 2021, and personal employee documents like I-9 forms and ... (full story)