How games companies can protect themselves from cyber attacks

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Conventional wisdom suggests it’s a matter of when, not if, your business is targeted by cyber criminals.

Employees at Insomniac were left reeling from one of the most devastating hacks in gaming history, after a ransomware group posted 1.67 terabytes of data on the dark web. Last June, hackers hit Blizzard with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, with players unable to access Diablo 4 for up to 12 hours. It follows “constant” cyber attacks against Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World, a ransomware attack against Riot, one against Ubisoft discovered in March 2022, and countless other examples.

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