Devs express sorrow, support following brutal Insomniac Games hack

Insomniac Games, the developer behind Spider-Man 2, has been hit with a brutal hacking attack, with over a terabyte of company data leaked to the public. Rightfully, devs from Insomniac expressed their sorrow on social media, and numerous voices from the gaming world have stood up in solidarity with them.

The leaks began appearing online earlier today, on Dec. 19, after the ransomware group Rhysida put the data up for auction at 50 Bitcoins (around two million USD), GameIndustry reports. The data was partially sold to unknown buyers and included Insomniac’s whole publishing schedule for the next 12 years, internal revenue information, and employees’ private data. Rhysida has apparently released over 1.3 million files, GameIndustry shows, sending shockwaves throughout the gaming world. Naturally, waves of reactions appeared on social media from insomniac developers and other notable figures from the gaming industry expressing sorrow and support after this brutal attack.