10 Hackers Who STOLE From Video Game Companies

Some 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