Hackers Release Stolen ‘FIFA 21’ Source Code After Attempt To Extort EA Fails – By Nica Osorio (IB Times) / Aug 3 2021
- Hackers breached EA in June and stole 780 GB of data
- They hoped to sell the stolen data for $28 million
- Cybercriminals accessed EA’s Slack channel and tricked an IT staff to give them access to internal code repositories of the company
Following a failed extortion attempt, cybercriminals have leaked online a massive 751 GB cache of data they previously stole from Electronics Arts. The files include the source code of the hit football simulation video game “FIFA 21.”
The hackers, who breached EA in June, have released the entire cache of stolen data on an underground cybercrime forum on July 26, according to a report from The Record. The data has since been distributed on various torrent sites. This happened after EA refused to pay the ransom the hackers demanded.
The report also revealed that the leaked files contained the source code of “FIFA 21,” as well as tools to support the company’s server-side services. On June 10, an EA spokesperson revealed that only a “limited amount” of data was stolen by cybercriminals.
