Refusing to 'share' $2 million, Insomniac Games had 1.6TB of game data leaked

According to Engadget , earlier on December 12, a ransomware group called Rhysida claimed to have taken 1.67 TB of data (more than 1.3 million files) from Sony developer Insomniac Games, and the group also bluntly demanded a ransom of $2 million for the data. Now, the one-week deadline for Insomniac Games to pay Rhysida has passed and the group has carried out its threat to reveal the stolen information.

The data stolen by the hackers included internal HR documents, screenshots of employee Slack conversations, ... but most notably, the unreleased Wolverine game.

The game's files contain details about the game's design, characters, and actual screenshots. There is also a publishing deal that has been signed between Sony and Marvel, which includes three future X-Men games, the first being Wolverine , the other two still unnamed. It is also said that Sony must release Wolverine by September 1, 2025, while the remaining installments will be released in late 2029 and 2033, respectively.

When the group initially issued a ransom demand to Insomniac Games, it also put up an auction for the company's data, and it appears some of it was purchased. The ransomware group claims that all unsold data has been released, but only 98% of the stolen information has been made public.