Ransomware group Mogilevich claims to have hacked Fortnite developer Epic Games last night and stolen 189GB of data consisting of “emails, passwords, names, payment information, source code,” and more.
As reported by Cyber Daily, a spokesperson for Mogilevich said that the data is currently up for sale and that he has given Epic Games a March 4 deadline to pay. However, it did not ask for a specific amount, post evidence of hacked data, or say what would happen if Epic did not agree.
We conducted a covert attack on Epic Games’ servers.If you are an employee of a company or someone who wants to purchase data, please click me [referencing a hyperlink on the site that takes you to the group’s contact page].
Mogilevich is a newcomer to the ransomware industry. The first attack was carried out just recently, on his February 20th, just eight days ago. However, in just one week he had four victims, including Epic Games. First was Infiniti USA, a subsidiary of Nissan, followed by Bazaar Voice and the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.
“We are Mogilevich,” said the group, which announced its formation on February 18. “Our aim is to severely penalize companies and businesses that fail to maintain control and security of their infrastructure. Our operators, in contrast to other parties, are skilled penetration testers.” As in the case of those of us who were lied about, we agree from the beginning that we are doing it for economic gain. ”
Similar data is said to have been collected from three other victims. In the case of Infiniti USA, Mogilevich claims to have obtained vehicle identification numbers, names, addresses, zip codes, cell phone numbers, emails and passwords. He also claimed that he sold the data in a Telegram chat three days earlier, on February 25, but his use of the app appears to have been suspended.
The name “Mogilevich” appears to have been taken from Semyon Mogilevich, a Ukrainian-born Russian crime boss who was added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list in 2009 and removed in 2015.
A similar incident occurred late last year, when ransomware group Rhysida hacked Insomniac Games, the developer of Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank, and stole 1.6 terabytes of historical data, including employees’ personal information. Similarly, it threatened to leak data if Sony didn’t pay, but it had numbers in mind and demanded $2 million in Bitcoin. In the end, Sony refused and the data was shared online.
However, Mogilevich has not yet proven that he stole the data, so this is It could be an elaborate scam.
