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Video game developer Insomniac Games, known for its popular Marvel’s Spider-Man series, has fallen victim to a hacking incident. The hacking group Rhysida has demanded a ransom of 50 Bitcoin (equivalent to approximately US$2 million) and threatened to leak sensitive information about the upcoming Marvel’s Wolverine game if the payment is not made within seven days.
Rhysida has already shared limited data to prove their successful infiltration of Insomniac Games’ systems. The leaked information includes an annotated screenshot from the Marvel’s Wolverine game, as well as character art related to other Marvel characters, potentially hinting at their presence in the game. Passport scans of Insomniac employees, including one individual who was laid off and now works at Disney, have also been exposed. Personal documents linked to Yuri Lowenthal, the voice actor for Spider-Man in the latest release of Marvel’s Spider-Man, were also compromised.
Rhysida has initiated an auction, offering the stolen data to potential buyers. The starting price for the auction is set at 50 BTC, with the promise that the buyer will be the sole owner of the acquired data. The group has urged interested parties to take advantage of the limited time before the full data set is made public.
Insomniac Games has not yet released an official statement regarding the cyber attack and ransom demand. As the deadline set by Rhysida approaches, the gaming and Bitcoin communities are anxiously awaiting a resolution that protects the integrity of Marvel’s Wolverine game and holds the perpetrators accountable.
Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency in the market, is currently trading at $41,300. It has experienced a period of sideways price movement, with a 1.3% decline over the past 24 hours and an overall drop of 1.9% over the previous seven days.