Earlier this week, Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games suffered a significant data breach from a malicious hack that leaked early footage of their work-in-progress Wolverine game. This morning, Insomniac released a statement regarding the breach and the development of Wolverine as a whole.
The statement was posted on Insomniac’s Twitter/X, which you can see below:
An update regarding Insomniac and Marvel's #WolverinePS5. pic.twitter.com/CMkCCoZwwj
— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) December 22, 2023
The statement reads as follows:
Thank you for the outpouring of compassion and unwavering support. It’s deeply appreciated.
We’re both saddened and angered about the recent criminal cyberattack on our studio and the emotional toll it’s taken on our dev team. We have focused inwardly for the last several days to support each other.
We are aware that the stolen data includes personal information belonging to our employees, former employees, and independent contractors. It also includes early development details about Marvel’s Wolverine for PlayStation 5. We continue working quickly to determine what data was impacted.
This experience has been extremely distressing for us.
We want everyone to enjoy the games we develop as intended and as our players deserve. However, like Logan… Insomniac is resilient. Marvel’s Wolverine continues as planned. The game is in early production and will no doubt greatly evolve throughout development, as do all our plans.
While we appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm, we will share official information about Marvel’s Wolverine when the time is right.
On behalf of everyone at Insomniac, thank you for your ongoing support during this challenging time.
We hope that Insomniac is able to bounce back from the attack fairly quickly and continue to work on what makes them great. Hopefully, this sets an example for hackers that these companies won’t bend to their demands in the future.
Despite this recent setback, Insomniac has been doing well for themselves, especially with the recent celebration of 5 million copies sold of Spider-Man 2. You can read about that here.
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