According to the latest reports, Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco is under ransomware attack. CD Projekt also suffered from attacks last year.
According to the information received, Bandai Namco has been attacked by ransomware. Twitter account vx-undergroundAccording to the information shared by ALPHV, which describes itself as the largest malware collector on the Internet, the ALPHV ransomware group attacked Bandai Namco.
Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco has been attacked by ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware used by cybercriminals to extort money from victims. Usually, the attacker encrypts the files they obtain and threatens to share it publicly if their victims don’t pay them the money they want. There have been examples of this in the game industry in the past. Today, the target is said to be a Japanese company named Bandai Namco, publisher of Elden Ring. In addition to the company Elden Ring Tekken, Dark Souls and Pac-Man He is known for his games.
It should also be noted that no comment or statement has been made in this direction from Bandai Namco yet. However, the same situation happened to CD Projekt RED, the developer company of Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher games, last year. Along with the source codes of CPR 2077, Witcher 3, data of some company employees were also leaked in June 2021.