FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa Group acknowledged a significant cyberattack, with Japanese popular video sharing service Niconico among the sections hardest hit. The extent of the impact, if any, on the Elden Ring developer is currently unclear.
The games industry in general has proven vulnerable to cyberattacks in the past. Rockstar Games and Insomniac are among the studios to be heavily impacted by ransomware attacks, resulting in the release of a large amount of confidential data. A recent report on Wired detailed why ransomware attacks are “more brutal than ever” in 2024.
Russia continues to offer safe harbor for cybercriminals where groups such as LockBit are free to launch ransomware attacks against the United States, its allies, and partners. These ransomware attacks have targeted critical infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, and financial institutions.
These Russian fucking ransomware hackers are out of control. Companies, hospitals, city infra, anything and everything
The article talks about it a little and links this:
https://www.wired.com/story/state-of-ransomware-2024/
from companies to city infrastructure to fucking hospitals: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/us-hospitals-paid-100m-to-russian-ransomware-hackers.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60378009
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2114
I’ll add in the entire Seattle public library system.