Security News > 2021 > February > Hacker Sets Alleged Auction for Witcher 3 Source Code

The ransomware gang behind an attack on videogame developer CD Projekt Red may have made good on its promise to auction off the company's data - including source code for Cyberpunk 2077 and an unreleased version of the Witcher 3.

"The user claimed to have full source codes for various games including Thronebreaker, Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3 and the undeclared Witcher 3 RTX," Merritt said.

As for cost and timing, Merritt said that the poster set the auction to start Thursday, Feb. 11 at 13:00 Moscow time, and that bidders would be required to make a 0.1 BTC deposit to enter.

"The user started the auction at $1 million users have not yet expressed any interest in purchasing this information," Merritt told Threatpost.

More concerningly, the attackers threated to dump troves of stolen company data online - including game source code.

Release of the source code would allow fans to develop game hacks and perform all kinds of "Modding" and jailbreaks; and would be a gift to competitors.

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https://threatpost.com/hacker-auction-witcher-source-code/163851/