Security News > 2021 > February > CD Projekt's stolen source code allegedly sold by ransomware gang
A ransomware gang who says they stole unencrypted source code for the company's most popular games and then encrypted CD Projekt's servers claims to have sold the data.
Ransomware gang says they sold CD Projekt's data.
After CD Projekt announced that they would not be paying the ransom, a threat actor named 'redengine' created an auction for the stolen data on a hacker forum.
This data allegedly includes the source code for Thonebreaker, Witcher 3, an unreleased Witcher 3 with raytracing, and Cyberpunk 2077.
The threat actor further posted that the data contains violations that will ruin the reputation of CDPR. The next day, cybersecurity intelligence company KELA told BleepingComputer that the ransomware gang posted that they sold the data to someone "Outside the forum."
Others think the buyer was in fact CD Projekt Red, who purchased it to prevent the source code and internal documents from being released.