Filtering gameplay, details of the history and cinematographic videos of The Last of Us Part II was made by hackers, not by an angry Naughty Dog employee, according to various sources in the media Kotaku and the journalist from Bloomberg Jason Schreier. The hackers they used a security breach in online modes of The Last of Us and Uncharted 3: Drake's Betrayal to access the Naughty Dog servers.
"After talking to two people with direct knowledge of how it was leaked The Last of Us 2As with some Naughty Dog employees, I have a good idea of what happened. " Schreier says on Twitter. The hackers "They found a security vulnerability in a patch from an old Naughty Dog game and used it to gain access to Naughty Dog servers."
OK: After talking to two people with direct knowledge of how TLOU2 leaked as well as some Naughty Dog employees, I have a good idea of what happened. Short version: hackers found a security vulnerability in a patch for an older ND game and used it to get access to NDs servers.— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) May 3, 2020
The former journalist of Kotaku add than "the footage that leaked is of developers playing a build ancient" of the video game. It also makes clear that the information published in forums and certain media that the leak came from an employee angry with the abusive work practices in the study they are false: "In fact, Naughty Dog has extended the pay and health care benefits to self-employed by COVID."
The hackers accessed Naughty Dog servers in January
Twitter user PixelButts has offered more details on how the filtration was done, and these have been confirmed by a source Kotaku "Familiar with how games from the Naughty Dog development studio are structured". The hackers they used a password included in the Uncharted 3 and The Last of Us to access the Amazon servers of the Naughty Dog games, where both the multiplayer functionalities of those titles and private studio files.
The first access occurred in January, according to PixelButts. "The Uncharted 3 key gave them access to the development material for Uncharted 3, and the key to Uncharted 2 offered the same, but there was some content from The Last of Us mixed on the server Uncharted 3"affirms the tweeter.
It didn't take too long to think that the server of The Last of Us may carry development materials for its sequel. Two months later, in March, the group had achieved "at least", according to Kotaku, 1 TB of data associated with TLOU from Naughty Dog's servers.
Still, the tweeter mistrust it was these hackers who will filter the contents of The Last of Us 2: "Their circle is more of Naughty Dog enthusiasts who like the development content of their games, rather than malicious actors." Speculate that someone who knew the passwordPerhaps through this group, it would filter GIFs, videos and other materials that circulate on the net.
The California, United States study, changed the password of Amazon servers on April 30, several days after the leak, according to PixelButts. The same user claims to have notified Naughty Dog of the security breach in February, and notes that he has not participated in the hacking nor have you downloaded any material from the company's servers.
Sony and Naughty Dog claimed late last week that they were investigating the leak, ensuring it did not come from their internal teams. The Last of Us Part II will launch the 19th of June. The physical version will take up 100 GB and will come on two Blu-ray discs.
