Outlast developer claims production slowed by cyberattack and 1.8TB stolen
The developers behind the Survive Video game series have revealed that they suffered a cyberattack and had data exfiltrated by malicious actors.
Red Barrels, a Canadian-based video game developer, released a statement claiming that a malicious actor had infiltrated its internal IT systems during a “cybersecurity event” and that although it had deployed security measures to to counter the threat, information had been consulted.
“The Red Barrels team regrets to announce that its internal IT systems were recently impacted by a cybersecurity event, involving access to some of its data,” the company said.
“A group of leading external cybersecurity experts has been mandated to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.”
The developer added that stakeholders have been informed and players have not been impacted. However, the company claims that the development of its next game, The Outlast events, took a hit.
“The impact on our production schedule has been significant. We will do our best to follow our roadmap, but unfortunately some things will have to be delayed,” the developer said.
“We will share a more detailed update on this as soon as possible.”
Although the developer has provided little information about the nature of the incident, an anonymous source close to the matter speaking to MP1st said the threatening group behind the incident is a new gang called “Nitrogen”.
According to reports, Nitrogen is a malware campaign that uses malicious ads.
Additionally, the publication stated that the files observed showed that the stolen data included credit card information, game versions, HR data and, most notably, the complete source code of at least Survive at 1 And Survive at 2. Cyber Daily was unable to verify this at the time of writing.
The total stolen data reportedly amounts to 1.8 terabytes of data, consisting of 1.5 million rows.
This story is developing. Cyber Daily will be updated as Red Barrels discloses more or if the threat group surfaces.
