10 Hackers Who STOLE From Video Game Companies
11,678Some hackers do it for fun, others do it for profit or destruction. Here are some of the biggest criminal hacks in video game history.
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10. Hacker bribed his way into Roblox accounts
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj4ddw/hacker-bribed-roblox-insider-accessed-user-data-reset-passwords
09. LulzSec - 2011 Playstation Network Outage (AKA THE PSN HACK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_PlayStation_Network_outage
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2202583/playstation-network-hack-timeline.html
https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/18/4239790/playstation-network-hacker-cody-kretsinger-sentenced-year-prison
08. Lizard Squad - Nintendo Switch Leaker gets 3 years in Prison
https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/1/21815395/nintendo-hacker-three-years-prison
Lizard Squard leader pleads guilty: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/312246/Founding_member_of_Lizard_Squad_pleads_guilty_to_cybercrimes.php
07. The Gigaleak - A massive series of leaks of internal Nintendo data
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nintendo_data_leak
forums thread showing off a lot of the stuff people found: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3933884
06. Egregor - Ransomware 'gang' obtained Ubisoft and Crytek data; leak Watch dogs: legion source code online
https://grahamcluley.com/following-ubisoft-cyber-attack-hackers-claim-to-leak-watch-dogs-legion-code-online/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubisoft-crytek-data-posted-on-ransomware-gangs-site/
05. Capcom employee data stolen by Ragnar Locker ransomware 'gang'
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/376102/Personal_information_of_16415_people_compromised_during_Capcom_security_breach.php
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/379750/Capcom_ends_ransomware_investigation_finds_culprit_gained_access_via_old_VPN.php
Ragnar Locker ransomware gang: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/capcom-hit-by-ragnar-locker-ransomware-1tb-allegedly-stolen/
04. Security Researcher steals confidential info from Microsoft and Nintendo
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/339773/Security_researcher_pleads_guilty_to_hacking_into_Nintendo_and_Microsoft.php
03. Moderator abused privileges in RUNESCAPE to steal players' gold
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/327070/Jagex_fires_RuneScape_moderator_for_stealing_player_gold.php
https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/an-important-announcement?oldschool=1
02. Derptrolling - DDos Christmas attacker goes to jail
https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-who-launched-ddos-attacks-on-sony-ea-and-steam-gets-27-months-in-prison/
-DDos attacks don't directly steal, but they can lead to thousands in lost revenue.
1. CD Project Red - Ransomware attack
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/cd-projekt-hack-severely-disrupts-work-on-cyberpunk-game-updates
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