So, you know how we all save our stuff on our computers, right? Well, turns out, that can be a bit risky. Take Insomniac Games, the video game folks owned by Sony. On December 19, more than 1.3 million of their files got leaked by a group of hackers called Rhysida.
These hackers were bold, giving Sony an ultimatum on December 12—pay up about $2 million by December 19, or they’d spill the beans. And spill, they did. The news about this hack blew up online, with over 37,000 posts discussing different angles of the leak.
Now, here’s the kicker: some leaked info suggests Sony might bump up game prices from $70 to $80-$100 by 2027, blaming it on rising production costs. Rhysida, in a bold move, admitted they knew who they were messing with, targeting game developers who they thought would be an easy catch. They claimed to snag the domain administrator within 20–25 minutes of hacking into the network.
This isn’t Sony’s first rodeo with hacks; they faced another one in May, compromising the personal info of thousands of Sony Interactive Entertainment employees. Back then, Sony tried to make amends by offering free credit monitoring and identity restoration services to those affected. Quite the tech drama, huh?
