Highlights: Hackers tried to exfiltrate nearly 900 GB of data from Ubisoft's servers. Security teams blocked the security flaw on Thursday, December 241. The French publisher narrowly avoided massive hacking, just days after the Japanese studio Insomniac Games, developer of the game Wolverine, experienced a massive data theft. "We are aware of an alleged data security incident and are currently investigating," a Ubisoft spokesperson told AFP on Tuesday. The list of publishers who have fallen victim to targeted cyberattacks has grown steadily in recent years.

The French video game giant Ubisoft announced that it had been the victim of an attempted cyberattack on Tuesday, December 26. A piracy narrowly avoided that comes in a difficult context for publishers...

Video games: after Insomniac Games, Ubisoft victim of an attempted cyberattack

The French video game giant Ubisoft announced that it had been the victim of an attempted cyberattack on Tuesday, December 26. A near miss that comes at a difficult time for video game publishers, who are increasingly affected by hacking.

Hackers tried to exfiltrate nearly 900 GB of data from Ubisoft's servers, until security teams blocked the security flaw on Thursday, December 241. AP - Kamil Zihnioglu

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The French publisher narrowly avoided massive hacking, just days after the Japanese studio Insomniac Games, developer of the game Wolverine, experienced a massive data theft. "We are aware of an alleged data security incident and are currently investigating," a Ubisoft spokesperson told AFP on Tuesday.

According to the specialized website "VX-Underground", hackers tried to exfiltrate, for 48 hours, nearly 900 GB of data from the servers of the French publisher, known for its successful games Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy's, Rayman, FarCry or more recently Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

December 20th an unknown Threat Actor compromised Ubisoft. The individual had access for roughly 48 hours until administration realized something was off and access was revoked.

They aimed to exfiltrate roughly 900gb of data but lost access.

— vx-underground (@vxunderground) December 22, 2023

Attacks are becoming more and more frequent

Rockstar Games, Activision-Blizzard, Electronic Arts... The list of publishers who have fallen victim to targeted cyberattacks has grown steadily in recent years. On December 19, Insomniac Games, a subsidiary of Japanese giant Sony, was the victim of a massive hack of sensitive data in the form of "ransomware", a form of hacking that blocks personal data and asks its owner for money in exchange for their release.

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Faced with the studio's refusal to comply, the hackers revealed sensitive information about the company, its partnerships, as well as the studio's upcoming projects such as the Wolverine or Spider-man 3 games. "We are both saddened and furious by the recent criminal cyberattack on our studio and the emotional impact it has had on our team of developers," Insomniac Games said in a statement on the X social network on Thursday. "We know that the stolen data includes personal information belonging to our employees, former employees and independent contractors [...]. This experience was extremely painful for us The studio wrote, adding that development on "Wolverine" is continuing "as planned."

An update regarding Insomniac and Marvel's #WolverinePS5. pic.twitter.com/CMkCCoZwwj

— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) December 22, 2023

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