Void Interactive, the studio behind "Ready or Not," confirms that it was hacked in March, but says "no user-related data was stolen.

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Void Interactive, the studio behind "Ready or Not," confirms that it was hacked in March, but says "no user-related data was stolen.

Ready or Not developer Void Interactive confirmed that it suffered a major hack in which at least part of the game's source code was stolen, but said no data about Ready or Not players or staff was stolen.

The hack was first reported by Insider Gaming, which said more than 4TB of data was taken by a ransom group in March. According to the site, the stolen data includes the source code for "Ready or Not," a build of the console version, and images running on a PlayStation 4 test kit.

The hack happened a month ago, but Void Interactive had not commented on it until today. The studio said that "no user-related data or staff information was compromised in this incident," and that only "some source code" and directory information was taken." Our development assets and proprietary code remain safe and intact."

"Evidence from the ongoing investigation suggests that the attack was limited to the TeamCity service interface. "As a result, the attackers were able to obtain screenshots of top-level project and company-related information. It is important to note, however, that this did not involve the compromise of sensitive data."

"Ready or Not" was released in full in December 2023, after which the developer split with the original publisher, Team17, and was temporarily removed from Steam. More notably, Void Interactive sparked controversy by including a school shooting level and a nightclub shooting level added to the game on the sixth anniversary of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub mass shooting in Florida that left 49 dead and 53 injured.

Despite these controversies, Ready or Not was a huge success, earning "very positive" ratings in over 134,000 user reviews on Steam.

We have contacted Void Interactive about how the hack will affect the future development of Ready or Not and will update if we hear back. In the meantime, you should be prepared: even if no user data was stolen in this case, it's not a bad time to change your password, and while you're at it, enable 2FA.

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