Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco hacked by hackers

A ransomware group is threatening to release the data they allegedly stole the company.

The video game industry is once again plagued by hackers. bandageResponsible for numerous video games and even publisher of recent games as successful as Elden Ring, he was hacked, according to information he had access to. vxunderground and VGC collected.

Group threatens to release informationThe ALPHV ransomware group, specifically lots of data captured for now. The work does not end there, as everything indicates that Bandai Namco is blackmailing (possibly in exchange for money). threats to publish information Obtained.

A ransomware attack is the usual way of advancing from such groups. blackmail companies when they access private information from your files. Hackers block access to this data and threaten to expose it unless a certain amount of money is given.

As I write these lines no official answer from the company, but a situation very similar to the case that the Polish company suffered CD Project last year with sensitive information that could even include private data of the company’s own employees.