Disney fans shocked as details on unannounced games are leaked online

FOLLOWING hacker attacks on studios like Rockstar Games and Insomniac, entertainment giant Disney seems to be the next victim of a breach.

A group of hackers that goes by the name NullBulge, says it has obtained more than 1TB of confidential information from Disney.

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According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the leak contains messages and files obtained from the company’s Slack.

These include chats about managing Disney’s corporate website, software development and even job applicant evaluations.

The leak includes more than 5 years’ worth of data, as some of the information is dating back to 2019, according to the WSJ report.

The self-proclaimed hacktivist group claims to have attacked Disney’s systems to “protect artists’ rights and ensure fair compensation for their work”.

The group says the leak contains “almost 10,000 channels, every message and file possible, unreleased projects, raw images, code, logins, links to internal API/web pages, and more!”

The dumped files also allegedly include personal information and login details of Disney employees, down to shared photos of their pets.

It is also said to contain details about the company’s unannounced gaming projects.

“Disney is investigating this matter,” a company spokesperson said in a brief emailed statement to Reuters on Monday.

A recent leak of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2’s release window is thought to be based on the alleged data breach.

Details of the upcoming Disney collaborations with Fortnite are also to be expected soon according to reliable leakers like HypeX, citing the alleged hacker attack.

Disney had previously announced that it’s working with Epic Games on an “open games and entertainment universe connected to Fortnite”.

The project involved a $1.5 billion investment by Disney into Epic announced in February 2024, but we haven’t heard much about it ever since.

The extent of the leak hasn’t been fully confirmed, but it could be one of the biggest recent attacks.

It comes after the hacking of Rockstar Games, when early GTA 6 footage was leaked in 2022.

Last year, one of PlayStation’s biggest studios, Insomniac Games was also the target of a ransomware attack that revealed details on upcoming games.

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