Ransomware Gang Claims to Have Hacked Sony’s Insomniac Games

Insomniac Games, the renowned developer of games like Spider-Man and Spyro the Dragon has allegedly been hacked by ransomware gang, Rhysida.

Based in Burbank, California, Insomniac Games became a part of PlayStation Studios after it was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2019.

The gang claims to have ‘’exclusive, unique, and impressive data’’ from the game developer company, which includes US passport copies (allegedly belonging to employees), internal emails, personal data, signed confidential documents, and previews of its upcoming Wolverine game.

The gang has given Insomniac seven days to pay the ransom before it publishes the data. “With just 7 days on the clock, seize the opportunity to bid on exclusive, unique, and impressive data,” Rhysida posted on its leak site. “Open your wallets and be ready to buy exclusive data. We sell only to one hand, no reselling, you will be the only owner!”

Meanwhile, it also put up the stolen data for auction, starting at 50 Bitcoins (around $2 million).

The parent company Sony in a statement to Eurogamer, stated that it’s investigating these claims. “We are aware of reports that Insomniac Games has been the victim of a cyber security attack. We are currently investigating this situation. We have no reason to believe that any other SIE or Sony divisions have been impacted,’’ said Sony.

New to the ransomware scene, the group has been linked to the famous security breach attack at the British Library.

This year, Sony and its subsidiaries have been on the targeted list of various ransomware actors. In September, two separate hackers claimed to have stolen around 3.14 GB of data from the company’s system. Post this, in October 2023, reports of Sony being a victim of the MOVEit file transfer attack surfaced, which compromised sensitive data of 6,791 people in the US.