Earlier today, CD Projekt Red – the company behind games like The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 – announced it had fallen victim to a malware attack and that the
Earlier today, CD Projekt Red – the company behind games like The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 – announced it had fallen victim to a malware attack and that the hackers were demanding a ransom to keep them from leaking a lot of internal information about its business. The information the hackers claim to have includes the source code for Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Gwent, and what is presumably the next-generation version of The Witcher 3. The damage doesn’t stop there, though, as the hackers also claimed to have documents relating to CD Projekt’s “accounting, administration, legal, HR, investor relations” and more. With its statement today, CD Projekt said that it doesn’t have any evidence that the hackers made off with personal information belonging to users, but that’s a big worry considering that CD Projekt also runs GOG – one of the biggest names in PC digital distribution. This hack caps off a rough couple of months for the company, which released the long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 to much controversy at the beginning of December. By now, it’s hardly a secret that Cyberpunk 2077 launched in a very spotty state, prompting apologies from the executives at CD Projekt and an update roadmap filled with patches and improvements that’s scheduled to play out over the course of the year.
