Unidentified hackers have stolen internal data from US video game giant Activision.
On Sunday, cybersecurity and malware research group xv-underground released screenshots of data allegedly stolen from Activision, including: a table of contents the company plans to roll out to the popular Call of Duty game.
On Monday, gaming-focused firm Insider Gaming said it confirmed the hack occurred after receiving all the leaked data.
According to the website, the hackers stole employee information such as: full names, email addresses, phone numbers, salaries, work locations, addresses, and other information.
In a tweet, the vx-underground group wrote that Activision was hacked on December 4 after hackers managed to trick premium users on the company's network.
It should also be noted that the threat actors were in fact trying to deceive other employees. But the other staff were not fooled. However, it does not appear that they reported the incident to Activision's information security team.
Activision, in particular, is the latest victim in a recent string of abuses against video game companies.
This past January, Riot Games revealed a vulnerability that allowed hackers to gain access to its development environment, allowing them to steal source code for League of Legends and Team Fight Tactics games. Teamfight Tactics and the old Parkman anti-cheat software source code.
Last September, hackers released leaked screenshots of the highly anticipated game Grand Theft Auto VI. At the time, developer Rockstar Games admitted that hackers managed to extract confidential information from its systems, including early development footage for an upcoming version of Grand Theft Auto.
Hacking group Oktapus is targeting as many as 130 companies in 2022, according to cybersecurity firm (Grove-IB) Group-IB.
The group is known for attacking cloud communications company Twilio, which provides services to other companies such as sending automated text messages to its users. Among the nearly 130 targeted companies, the list includes well-known companies such as: (Riot Games) and (Epic Games) Epic Games.