Publisher Bandai Namco hit by ransomware attack

Bandai Namco, publisher of Dark Souls, Elden Ring and Soulcalibur, has been hit by a ransomware attack.

Word of the hack was surfaced by malware tracker vx-underground, which spotted a claim by notorious ransomware group ALPHV, otherwise known as BlackCat. A post by the group suggested it was poised to release data acquired from Bandai Namco's servers "soon":

There's no information yet on what data the hackers may have obtained, and Bandai Namco is yet to acknowledge the hack.

Unfortunately, however, there are fears the data will include private information regarding Bandai Namco's employees, as well as user details, and even confidential deals with developers, employee communications, and video game source code.

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