Sony became a frequent victim of cyber attacks. After the PlayStation Network and Sony Pictures episodes, it’s now Insomniac Gamesa well-known video game developer Spider Manwhich saw the Rhysida ransomware group manage to break into its systems and steal large amounts of data from which published just over 1.3 million files totaling 1.67 terabytes.

The release of the data was a result of the fact that no one had paid the two million dollars that Rhysida had demanded in total to save them. Among what the group obtained are internal human resources documents with screenshots of Slack conversations, in addition to a large number of files related to a future video game Wolverine (Wolverine), which contain data regarding level design, characters, and actual screenshots of the game itself.

The Wolverine video game would be the first of three under the X-Men license, according to a document effective July 26, 2021, in which Sony has invested, or at least expects to invest, at least $120 million in each. Since Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man has been loved by the public and critics alike, it’s only natural that the Japanese-born giant decides to continue betting on the same line.

Going back to the cyber attack itself, it appears that it did Rhysida didn’t care if it was paid by Sony or a third party, because their only priority was apparently getting paid. On the other hand, the group contacted Australian media outlet Cyber ​​​​Daily to say that “yes, we knew who we were targeting. We knew developers who made games like this would be easy targets. “We were able to find the domain administrator within 20 to 25 minutes of the network being hacked.”

As proof that her threat was serious, Rhysida On December 12, it released a limited amount of material that included scans of passports, demanding a ransom of two million dollars and giving a week to pay.. After the deadline, the group followed through on its threat and released 98% of the data, which, according to its version, could no longer be sold. The remaining 2% were apparently sold to someone who bid on them.

As could not be otherwise in the face of an incident of this caliber, Sony announced an investigation to clarify what happened to Insomniac Games, to which Rhysida gave the following advice: “Sony has opened an investigation, but it would be better in the back yard”. This phrase suggests that there may be people who helped the group from within, or that the consequences could be worse for the company depending on how the investigation unfolds.

In short, Sony has again become the victim of a serious cyber attack, and it would be the third time in almost a decade. There is no doubt that there are highly informed and extremely dangerous people out there, but when a company gets caught up in the same thing so many times, one wonders if they should review their cybersecurity policies, and even with those, it can happen that in the end, what what’s going on is that Sony has fallen prey to the most capable malicious actors.