Earlier it was reported that hackers not only gained access to servers at the game studio CD Projekt Red, but also that they stole large amounts of source code for several games.
The hackers threatened CD Projekt Red by releasing the source code on the internet or selling it to the highest bidder if the game studio did not agree to the hacker group’s demands.
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CD Projekt Red refused to pay money for the source code, and now the hacker group says that they actually sold the code to an outside party. An anonymous one should be added, so it is not possible to verify that the statement about the sale is in fact true.
It is therefore unclear who bought the source code and how it will be used by third parties. What we do know is that it will be the source code for the following games:
- Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
- The Witcher 3
- The Witcher 3 with raytracing support (!)
- Cyberpunk 2077
The hackers must also have had access to a number of different internal documents from CD Projekt Red. Whether they are included in the purchase is unclear at the time of writing.
The auction for the source code for the games started at one million dollars. If a third party wanted to buy everything straight off the spot, the price tag was seven million dollars. Prices verified by the website vx-underground.
Something that was not included in the auction was the game Gwent. The source code for that game was instead posted on the internet, free for anyone to download.
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We still know very little about the whole hacker situation. The group behind the attack is still unknown, for example. A security company says that the malware HelloKitty may be a game piece in the whole, but it remains to be verified.
