Earlier this year, CD Projekt confirmed it had been hit by a “targeted cyber attack” that saw its internal systems compromised and sensitive information held to ransom. After CD Projekt said it would not comply with the group’s demands, the hackers announced that source code for Cyberpunk 2077, Gwent and an unreleased version of The Witcher 3 would be auctioned to the highest bidder, and source code for Gwent was publicly leaked.
At the time, the hackers claimed they had received a satisfying offer for the information, and the auction was then closed with a condition of “no further distribution” agreed with the buyer. But that stolen data now appears to have resurfaced, with source code, assets and software development kits for platforms including the PlayStation 5 seemingly being shared online. Eurogamer has also seen internal development videos showing work-in-progress builds of Cyberpunk 2077.
According to security blog DataBreaches.net, earlier this week a threat actor group decided to release CD Projekt’s information in order to promote its new leaks platform. A note from the hackers was also discovered by security software provider Emsisoft back in March (via IT Pro), and an uncensored version of this was shared on 4chan yesterday (the link provided in the note no longer works, but the data is now being shared elsewhere). The note claims the release of the stolen information is part of a “charity fundraising” effort – although as the group is asking for payment in cryptocurrency, there’s no way to guarantee that’s actually going to a good cause.
