CD Projekt RED: how much was the data sold for? The figure is striking

As you well know, in the past few days CD Projekt RED was hit by a major hacker attack, during which various information was stolen, including  the source codes of the Cyberpunk 2077 servers, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Gwent, and an unreleased version of the third installment of the saga starring Geralt of Rivia. Predictably, the Polish software house was then asked to contact the perpetrators of the theft, in order to reach an economic agreement so as not to spread the stolen data online. but the company decided to refuse the ransom.

In the last few hours we have learned the news that the various stolen information has been officially sold for one a figure that would be around 7 million dollars. The data not only included CD Projekt Red's graphics engine source code files, the RedEngine, but also those related to the most famous titles of the software house, including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a version of the game with support for the ray-tracing, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales e cyberpunk 2077.

The data was initially auctioned on the dark web with a starting price of around $ 1 million, with a immediate purchase price set at 7 million. Later, according to the words of the cyber intelligence company Kela, the seller would have decided to remove the whole, with the condition not to disclose further information, after receiving an external offer, which was deemed satisfactory. The ransomware attack a CD Project Red it would be led by a group called HelloKitty, who have decided to publish the source code of the card game online Gwent before the auction.

Waiting to find out more details on how the story will evolve, we would like to emphasize that the hacker attack immediately from the Polish software house it does not in any way affect the personal data of players or users related to the company's services, and that CDPR is taking all necessary measures to mitigate the consequences of this release.

To our ex employees: As of this moment, we don't possess evidence that any of your personal data was accessed. However, we still recommend caution (ie enabling fraud alerts). If you have questions, please write to our Privacy Team dpo [at] https://t.co/0UUMoqT5tF

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