Ubisoft is said to be investigating an alleged data breach, as sources online claim that a hacker managed to get access to the company’s servers and services for roughly 48 hours before being locked out.
In a Tweet issued by vx-underground, the group says they have been contacted by an unknown person, claiming that they breached Ubisoft. Screenshots were shared as proof with vx-underground, with the hacker telling them that they had access to Ubisoft’s servers for about 48 hours. They were trying to extract 900GB of data, though Ubisoft took notice of the activity and revoked it before they could steal it.
December 20th an unknown Threat Actor compromised Ubisoft. The individual had access for roughly 48 hours until administration realized something was off and access was revoked.
— vx-underground (@vxunderground) December 22, 2023
They aimed to exfiltrate roughly 900gb of data but lost access.
“December 20th an unknown Threat Actor compromised Ubisoft. The individual had access for roughly 48 hours until the administration realized something was off and access was revoked. They aimed to exfiltrate roughly 900gb of data but lost access.”
BleepingComputer was the first to report the incident, contacting Ubisoft for comments. Here’s what the publisher had to say:
“We are aware of an alleged data security incident and are currently investigating. We don’t have more to share at this time.”
This alleged breach comes right after Insomniac Games’ recent data breach, which saw 1.67 TB of data stolen that was being ransomed off. Unfortunately, the data stolen contained a mass amount of personal information of employees at the studio, along with other stolen material that made their way online.
This wouldn’t be the first time the publisher experienced a data breach, as they were attacked back in 2020, and also last year, with some of the stolen data making its way online. Let us hope that we aren’t in for another massive breach this time around, as by the sounds of it, Ubisoft managed to catch it in time.
We’ll continue to update the story as it develops.