Ubisoft likely victim of Ransomware

Various reports are published which state that the game company Ubisoft might have been become a victim of the Egregor ransomware. Zdnet and bleepingcomputer report that the authenticity of the locked files which are held by the Egregor ransomware are actually genuine, and that this has been confirmed.

Egregor ransomware hits Ubisoft

The party behind the Egregor ransomware attack on Ubisoft content has control over Crytek data. They also stated that they will leak the source code of Watch Dogs Legion. This is a new game that is being developed by Ubisoft.

It is currently still unclear on how the ransomware actors got access to the obtained data.

List of mentioned Crytek data

1. AoF
2. Gface
3. NetOps
4. Warface
5. Book1.xlsx
6. Crytek_Netops_v6.pdf
7. CS – Shortcut
8. New shortcut
9. New Text Document.txt
10. OnlineOperations_Overview.ppt
11. Planning the Presentations of Online Op(erations.xlsx?)
12. Presentation Online Operations
13. Seating Plan 2013 04 22.xlsx
14. Seating Plan 2013 04 23.xlsx

List of mentioned Ubisoft data

1. a00-000-00_attack01_spidertank.mac
2. a00-000-00_attack01_spidertank.markup
3. a00-000-00_startpill_male_000f_norm_no…
4. Actipro.Navigation.Wpf.xml
5. assassination_brutalstabbing_push.bhvcat
6. b00-000-00_ghost-mode_mplyr_000f_nor…
7. bin.png
8. bin2.png
9. bin3.png
10. c00-000-00_de-hack-during-endure-hac…
11. CensusHumanDatabase.db
12. char01_cap_CUSTOMISATION_d.png
13. char01_cap_V2_n.png
14. char01_coat_E3_n.png
15. char07_logo_d_png
16. char29_head_n.png
17. char36_d.png
18. d00-000-00_dog-interact-robot-excited_…
19. d00-000-00_dog-interact-robot-sniff_wro
20. det_dan_Logo_cclub_d.png
21. det_dan_Logo_elfrijol_d.png
22. dog_small_bulldog.AnimatedGeometry.n
23. dog_small_bulldog.gamex
24. dog_small_bulldog.xml
25. dog_small_bulldog.xml.metadata
26. engine.png
27. gear_core_win64dlld.pdb
28. MetadataService_CommunicationSystem
29. WatchDogs_64.exe.manifest