Cyberpunk 2077: Hackers blackmail CD Projekt Red, threaten source code leaks

CD Projekt Red fell victim to a cyber attack. As the developers of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher report in a statement published via the short message service Twitter, criminals have attacked the servers and partially encrypted them. "The strangers gained access to our internal network, collected data from the CD project group and left a ransom note," writes the company. In a threatening letter, the criminals asked CDPR to contact them within 48 hours. The blackmail letter was also published by CD Projekt Red.

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The developers had already taken with them The updates to Cyberpunk 2077, the studio's newest game, have their hands full. The PS4 and Xbox One versions in particular came onto the market with serious technical defects. As a result, the PS4 version was removed from the PSN. CDPR announced the update plans for Cyberpunk 2077 in a timetable. The new year begins like the old one ended for CDPR: turbulent.

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