Sharif Said
July 16, 2021 09:56 GMT
EA did not succumb to the demands of hackers who stole its data, and they were not satisfied with it.
Last month, news of a group of hackers came to light she wasServer, and deleted the source code of FIFA 21 and some Frostbite engine SDK-more than 780GB of data.
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As often happens in such hacking attacks, the ultimate goal is to extort some money from the victim. Similar to what CD Projekt’s hackers did to Polish developers, EA’s hackers also asked for funds, otherwise they would provide online stuff to the highest bidder.
According to Motherboard, hackers started posting some of their stolen content on an unnamed forum, a 1.3GB compressed archive containing references to Origin and some internal development tools. They also explained that so far, EA has ignored their threats.
“A few weeks ago, we sent an email asking for a ransom [sic] EA, but we didn’t get any response, so we will post [source],” one hacker wrote. “If they don’t contact us or pay us, we will continue to post. “
For its part, EA stated that it has learned of the post and is analyzing the documents published so far. “At present, we still believe that it does not contain any data that poses any concerns about player privacy, and we have no reason to believe that our games, our business, or our players have any significant risks,” EA told Motherboard.
“As part of the ongoing criminal investigation, we will continue to cooperate with federal law enforcement officials.”
Perhaps the most interesting revelation in this story is that the hackers actually asked the motherboard to send ransom messages to EA on their behalf, and the outlet apparently failed to do so.
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