Hackers claim $2 million in Bitcoin after stealing Insomniac game data

[Z390]

Well I don't know how good the insomniac teams are, the hackers are very stupid for asking for Bitcoin, there is no way that BTC will be useful for them, that depends on the insomniac team again, they can't play this same game with CZ and win, BTC can always be followed and bursted, they seem to care about BTC not not knowing that its not as anonymous like Monero, which of cos could have been a better option for them instead of asking for BTC, idiots.

Its true that they are just going to make the gullible people who don't understand a lot about crypto to use this as another excuse why they keep saying that crypto is what criminals and terrorists use to carry out their bad activities, lack of knowledge is really affecting a lot of these people, even those in the governments around the world too.

There is nothing that can't be use in crimes as far as its valuable, either Bitcoin or gold or Fiat, they are very useable for criminal activities, the Fiat that they are avoiding son as to not get exposed is still be most used in criminal activities, not Bitcoin.

[Hispo]

To be honest, I am not even sure who would be interested in adquiring this data.
We are talking about the data of a video game developing studio, the only client which I think there would be interested in participating in this auction would be some other small or medium video game studios which wished to learn from a big studio like insomniac games.
Anyways,.if there is a reason to learn from all of it is that Sony Playstation has a lot to learn about cyber security, I believe this is the second huge data leak which Sony Playstation has suffered in this year.

Am I the only one who believes the price they are asking is exaggerated? That is the price tag I would expect to see for stuff like government confidential information, instead comercial information about video games.

[TimeTeller]

To be honest, I am not even sure who would be interested in adquiring this data.
We are talking about the data of a video game developing studio, the only client which I think there would be interested in participating in this auction would be some other small or medium video game studios which wished to learn from a big studio like insomniac games.
Anyways,.if there is a reason to learn from all of it is that Sony Playstation has a lot to learn about cyber security, I believe this is the second huge data leak which Sony Playstation has suffered in this year.

Am I the only one who believes the price they are asking is exaggerated? That is the price tag I would expect to see for stuff like government confidential information, instead comercial information about video games.

I have the feeling that they are just indeed exaggerating and for sure they will only settle for much less if somebody will truly be interested on this.
I also don't think that's not worth that much to auction such game data in that amount.
Maybe they are trying to siphon money as much as they can, so they started their bid at a higher price.
Of course, in reality, they can even settle for less than $1M in cold cash. They are just making a publicity out of it also.

[panganib999]

So they want to get the 50 bitcoins anyway, either by paying the ransom or by selling the data themselves. What I hate about this kind of news is that bitcoin is in the media linked to scammers and hackers, which does not give a good image. Just as the media does not usually help because when the price was lower they criticized Bukele for buying bitcoin for El Salvador and now they are silent. I am referring to the main mass media.

Well the thing is, if bitcoin was non-existent in this case these hackers will still find a way to smuggle the goods and the money without having to worry about getting caught. Bitcoin just so happened to be the perfect money order for this situation and I hate that it's getting the brunt of the blow despite the fact that the hackers are supposed to be the ones that are getting the flak. Like do you hate the gun for allowing people to shoot other people? No, we hate the people behind the firearm, why can't we apply the same principle to something that is as simple as bitcoin? I just can't wrap my fucking head around it lol.

Insomniac's already in a loss here, whether they give in to the demands or not their source codes already toast. I just hope they learn their lessons like CD projekt red and actually invest in a more robust security system .

[Hispo]

To be honest, I am not even sure who would be interested in adquiring this data.
We are talking about the data of a video game developing studio, the only client which I think there would be interested in participating in this auction would be some other small or medium video game studios which wished to learn from a big studio like insomniac games.
Anyways,.if there is a reason to learn from all of it is that Sony Playstation has a lot to learn about cyber security, I believe this is the second huge data leak which Sony Playstation has suffered in this year.

Am I the only one who believes the price they are asking is exaggerated? That is the price tag I would expect to see for stuff like government confidential information, instead comercial information about video games.

I have the feeling that they are just indeed exaggerating and for sure they will only settle for much less if somebody will truly be interested on this.
I also don't think that's not worth that much to auction such game data in that amount.

Though, to be fair I have also read there is some actual personal data of Sony imployers being sold in that bundle, like passports, addresses, names and curricula viate.
That information is still not even close to that price they are asking for. In my opinion, they are asking for that amount not to actually find a buyer, they may be doing it to apply pressure on Sony and the rest of the developing studios, so they feel compelled to pay to the criminals. Though, to be their efforts will be fruitless, according the the law of the United States (and probably those in the European Union) does not allow people and companies to pay random to cyber criminals.

I am expecting those cybecrimals to end up decreasing the price of the information and end up selling it for like 10 BTC or even less than that.

[batang_bitcoin]

Okay, here we go again that the media will sensualize Bitcoin because a ransomware group asks for money with the data that they've hacked from a company. What if the group demands a paycheck through bank transfers? Obviously, they won't put the currency there as it's just the amount that's being asked.

Am I the only one who believes the price they are asking is exaggerated? That is the price tag I would expect to see for stuff like government confidential information, instead comercial information about video games.

Depending on the data they have, I have no idea with insomniac but if it seems to be that much and important for them, that's probably the estimation cost of the group of its importance.

[rodskee]

Insomniac Games has been the victim of a cyberattack by the Rhysida hacker group, and is allegedly demanding a ransom with a starting price of 50 bitcoins - worth more than $2 million. While the Rhysida hackers have given Insomniac a week to respond to their demands, the alleged cyber attackers have already started auctioning data to the highest bidder, starting at 50 BTC.
Source= https://decrypt.co/209478/hackers-demand-2-million-in-bitcoin-after-stealing-insomniac-games-data-report

another demand  of large amount from hackers , recently Poloniex  offering a million dollars
to the hackers and now hackers are demanding worth 2 million dollars in bitcoin ., looks like hackers are
getting richer as they only need knowledge and not to use physicality . but I think that Insomniac is in
the verge of losing their company then because assurance is nothing even if they pay this demand.