Hackers threaten CD Projekt Red with stolen ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ documents

>Hackers threaten CD Projekt Red with stolen ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ documents

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Why does cyberpunk sexulise violence so much?

it's all a marketing stunt.

Good morning user

You're late to the new viral marketing

because any cybernetic augmentetion is made to easily fuck, someone or jerk off.

high profile releases attract the flies

there was that russian guy that managed to hack valve pre HL2 release and got their beta build that was kind of rough.

yeah, but Valve didn't head to myspace or whatever at the time to announce it to the public in an unprofessional manner.

It is probably a marketing stunt in the spirit of the game.

It is cyberpunk after all.

todd ?

Maybe we'll actually get some fucking news about this dev hell piece of shit then.

>CDPR stocks go fucking down
>I was only pretending to be retarded marketer!

This has been happening a bit recently with Netflix shows too.

what?

Threatening to publish outdated stole documents for ransom? OH MY GOD IS THE END OF THE COMPANY!
Except it's not. The exact same thing happened with TW3 too by the way, but I guess most of you haven't been here those whooping three years ago either.
How the FUCK is this unproffessional or marketing stunt? Are you people even fucking sane?

it's unprofessional as fuck to post this on their goddamn twitter instead of making a low-key announcement on their site about it. The fact they posted it to twitter instead screams 'marketing stunt' to me.

They losing millions on stock market thanks to the leak right now

Trully genius marketing stunt

Why and how? Again: what the fuck. I mean they are worried about people: PUBLIC reading those documents should they really be leaked. So they use the one fucking platform that MOST PEOPLE FUCKING READ. What the god-fucking fuck is "unprofessional" about this? Do you even know what the words mean? This really is some absolutely new level of "I'm bitching and being an asshole for absolutely no reason other than that is what is "cool" around here these days."
Pretty fucking unbelievable.

I doubt they are losing millions over this. I mean probably has some negative impact, but hardly millions. Also, over 50% of their stocks are held held by a few private individuals who also happen to be the founders and CEO's at the company, and I somehow doubt those people are suddenly selling the stocks of their own company in panic.

>hackers

this is almost guaranteed some former employee. cdpr is known for working their employees like mules with crunch time for months before launch. basically, unless you're really passionate and live for the project you won't last working for cdpr. not even their ceo is safe apparently.

>Get hacked
>tell people on twitter

This is like calling in sick by sending your boss a text message. It's a bit unprofessional. It's better than not doing anything, though.

proof?
don't you find it odd that no leaks have surfaced whatsoever? don't you find it odd that they announced this on twitter a few days before E3?

>marketing stunt
Have you played cyberpunk the PnP???
This is literally a gameplay mission happening in real life.

Hell even if it is real it is still free marketing for Cyberpunk 2077.

Like we couldn't be more hyped already...

>it would be best for you to avoid any information not coming directly from CDPR

Yeah, please wait for our bullshots and lies!!! don't listen to the leakers!!!!

lmao.

>Hackers: "Give us money and we won't release the documents".
>CDPR: "Fuck you"
I love CDPR.

Also, fuck you todd, we know you did it because of Starfield and it won't save you.

why would company announce that their documents got stolen? clearly a marketing stunt.

I think everyone's making a big deal out of this. At this point and from what CDPR has implied those are leaked design documents which are about as interesting to your average player as tax forms are.

>This is literally a gameplay mission happening in real life.
This.

It's honestly pretty clever, especially if the documents get released and it looks good.

We'll know for sure whenever the leaks happen

If the leaks look like shit, then the "hack" was for real.

If the leaks look good, then it was a PR stunt since they haven't been in the spotlight for some time now and need to drum up some awareness for the title.

Hey i'd love to get myself some tax forms.
Trumps tax forms for example would be pretty juicy.

Do not underestimate what bland documents can actually hold.

By the way they phrased it they announced it before they contacted the authorities.

>and it looks good
Well considering the quality of The Witcher 3 i'd say that it is 90% possible that it will be amazeballs and it will probably drive the hype even higher.

>Cop - Maximum lawmen on mean 21st century streets
>Corporate - Slick business raiders and multi-millionaires
>Fixer - Deal makers, smugglers, organizers and information brokers
>Media - Newsmen and reporters who go to the wall for the truth
>Netrunner - Cybernetic computer hackers
>Nomad - Road warriors and Gypsies who roam the highways
>Rockerboy - Rebel rockers who use music and revolt to fight authority
>Solo - Hired assassins, bodyguards, killers, soldiers
>Techie - Renegade mechanics and doctors

Assuming these are the classes, what will you play Sup Forums?

The fuck... HOW? How is it unprofessional? Ignoring the pathetic comparison which neither actually illustrates anything nor makes sense (I've worked for multiple people who preferred a fucking text to a phone call, for an instance).
How is this fucking unproffessional. Twitter is their most followed fucking medium. They need to get it to as many people as possible. I'm fairly sure they also sent an email to most gaming media and of course internal warning to their shareholders too, because that is how things are normally being done. CASE. CLOSED.

>don't you find it odd that no leaks have surfaced whatsoever?
Not really.

Because, as the message very clearly states, IF the fucking documents are to be released, public may be wondering what the fuck is going on. This fucking way they let people who might stumble upon the documents know ahead of time what has happened. Jesus are you people actually braindamaged?Except you fucking retards are forgetting that THIS HAS HAPPENED TO CDPR BEFORE, AND HAPPENS ON A FUCKING DAILY BASIS THESE DAYS TO MOST MEDIA COMPANIES.
But yeah, assume that it's a marketing stunt. Sure. Because hacking companies for ransom and leaking internal documents is something that can only happen in sci-fi games apparently.
God damn you are clueless.

>cdprojekt's marketing team
>hey, let's shutdown gog.com just for laughs
yeah, fuck them. I will buy and play the game if its good, but the marketing team can die in a fire.

escapistmagazine.com/news/view/103810-Good-Old-Games-Faked-Shutdown-to-Avoid-Being-Boring

t. CD Projekt Red Marketing Team

as much as I support hackers / pirates / 1337s et al. ...CDPR are one of the better devs around and should not be fucked with

>when you sell your soul to make good games

>It's honestly pretty clever, especially if the documents get released and it looks good.
Which is totally why the company makes it clear that the docs are completely outdated and not representative of current direction, right?

Media.

>GUYS MARKETING STUNT

>No evidence to back up your claim

Sup Forums like always: Full of shitposting idiots

You sound like you're pretty gullible, user.

Could I borrow some money from you? I'm in a bit of a bind right now.

there's no evidence to prove anything actually got leaked either, retard

i wish they would just fucking release them

How is this marketing? How would this fucking benefit anyone? It makes the company look bad you retards!
Are you people even for fucking real? What the fuck is wrong with you? What happened? How can anyone fucking be this fucking dumb?

I'm definitely doing a spider run.

because the sex slave robot rebellion is our fetish

>It makes the company look bad you retards!
how?
it'd be excellent marketing for a cyberpunk game, it could easily be an ARG directly referencing events in the game. Also, nobody has seen any leaks at all, and they decided to announce this on twitter of all places instead of just casually mention it on their site. It's fishy as fuck to say the least.

Rocker slut obviously.They better have the sex augments in the game or i say NEY!!

>Company A says documents were stolen
>Stock goes down
>People claim its a stunt
>Have no claim whatsover

So who should i trust:
A company hurting themselves

OR

shitposters on the Internet?

Hard choice

you're right my dude, i'm sure they just made it up for buzz

>The fuck... HOW?
Since when was twitter seen as a professional method of contact? Are you some asshurt CDPR fanboy or something? running to twitter to screech about how you got hacked is not professional. I seriously don't understand how this is so fucking abhorrent for you to hear, but it's true.

Because cyberpunk needs to be degenerate and violent, duh.

>Stock goes down
still haven't seen any proof of this
>>People claim its a stunt
>>Have no claim whatsover
that doesn't even make sense, dumb tripfag

Are you an investor or something? Why are you so angry?

This.

>"Hey guys were really connected to our community and customers thanks for buying the game we really appreciate it thanks so much again thanks thanks thanks oh by the way if you see any leaked images floatin round its just some cyberpunk hackers, were going to contact the authorities but thought we'd waste time and thank you for being such a create fan base once again thanks guys."

>Since when was twitter seen as a professional method of contact?
It's current year. Public relations happen on the net.

>that one CDPRDF ITT

>how?
Getting hacked, their security compromised, internal documents leaked, game being potentially spoiled in an uncontrolled manner? The fuck is not looking bad about this?

>Since when was twitter seen as a professional method of contact?
With the public? Since about five, six years ago? The fuck?

>Why are you so angry?
Do you have any idea how fucking retarded you people are? I've worked with down syndrome kids and most of them were a lot smarter than you people are. What the fuck is wrong with you. You are supposed to be actual people, adults even. There is absolutely no excuse for this level of stupidity: you can't comprehend most basic fucking events in the world. You people are a fucking menace. And that makes me frustrated as fuck.

>Since when was twitter seen as a professional method of contact?

Since when did people start getting jobs with side cuts?

I hate to break it to you man but the world has changed a lot in the last five years. Side cuts and bright blue hair is now a hireable trait.

>"we got hacked lol"
>professional
"No."

>cdpr is known for working their employees like mules with crunch time for months
that's every other vidya game company really

You just really want to hammer my point about you people being beyond retarded here, don't you?

Really, how did this happen?

Pretty sure it's called transparency. Unlike certain companies that get their forums hacked, forums containing users' private information, and then sit on it for months before disclosing it happened.

so your reasoning for it making the company look bad is all based on the assumption that this actually happened, and isn't just a marketing stunt like countless anons already pointed out?
are you dense?

>Do you have any idea how fucking retarded you people are? I've worked with down syndrome kids and most of them were a lot smarter than you people are. What the fuck is wrong with you. You are supposed to be actual people, adults even. There is absolutely no excuse for this level of stupidity: you can't comprehend most basic fucking events in the world. You people are a fucking menace. And that makes me frustrated as fuck.
Okay but that doesn't answer why you're so butthurt over someone saying how CDPR handled their hacking debacle thus far is "unprofessional" You sound like a big fat crybaby over how pissed off you're getting over this. Did someone kill your dog and you're trying to vent or something? Christ, calm down retard. this is just video games.

except said forum wouldn't go to twitter to mention this, they'd do it on their website. That's the key aspect here that makes the whole thing seem like marketing rather than a genuine hacking incident - it's just not appropriate to announce this on a platform like twitter.

Do you know anything about cyberpunk source material...anything at all?Why do you think everyone was loosing their minds when the game got announced?

So your smoking gun is "they announced it on Twitter"? I don't think so. It's both a very easy to announce something through it, you get some community feedback and you don't need to go chasing major outlets with traditional press releases. It's just more convenient all-around.

are you guys here really this fucking retarded?

twitter is not some secret club thing, its the most used social media platform. there's no better place to announce shit like this that will hit as many people/fans. fans aren't sitting there f5'ing the fucking cdprojektred homepage every day, they're sitting on twitter.

there's also this

>Getting hacked, their security compromised, internal documents leaked, game being potentially spoiled in an uncontrolled manner? The fuck is not looking bad about this?
Ever here of the phrase any press is good press? This would be the case, especially if they didn't actually have a leak and there was no actual risk. It would get people talking about their game even more before it's release, now stop being stupid/fuck off shill.

>twitter is not some secret club thing
No one said it was. And you call us retarded?

The smoking gun is that they announced it before contacting the authorities.

If it were real and serious they would have announced it afterwards CDRP have nothing to show at E3 so they create a fake media story.

I just want a trailer of the game already. Or screenshots. Or info. Or fucking anything.

It's been 5 fucking years since the announcement, just give us something already. What the fuck are they hiding?

you're all acting like it is though. like twitter is some crazy website that people/companies don't use explicitly to reach huge numbers of people. put 2 and 2 together dude, jesus.

>twitter is not some secret club thing, its the most used social media platform
I don't use twitter.Your point is invalid :^)

forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/cyberpunk/news/8833540-important-statement-from-cd-projekt-red
here you go, a statement on their own site

Do not argue or reply to retards and/or tripfags.

but this isn't something you'd want to spread around like that, if anything you'd want to keep it quiet but still have it mentioned somewhere (i.e. on their website) in case those leaks do show up. Actually, why even announce this ahead of time at all, why wouldn't they refute the leaks only AFTER they show up like every other company on the planet does?
Also, why wouldn't they have cops involved? As a ransom of digital goods is a serious crime, but they made no mention of police involvement.

Nigger major announcements are made on Twitter all the time now.

Even movies get announced on Twitter now. It's an extremely convenient way to do so.

>I just want a trailer of the game already.
We already have a trailer.

It's been 2 years user.

>you're all acting like it is though.
No one ITT said or implied that twitter is some super sekrit club tier website. People ITT just said that it seems like a stupid place to just blurt about being hacked. Especially since it seems like they didn't even bother contacting some kind of authority after getting hacked then just ran to twitter.

>so your reasoning for it making the company look bad is all based on the assumption that this actually happened, and isn't just a marketing stunt like countless anons already pointed out?
Yes, of course that is what my reasoning is based on. Because I'm not an absolute fucking RETARD. This is not good marketing. This does not improve the image of the company. Nobody fucking sane would ever fucking think this is a good marketing strategy. What it is is something that happens quite fucking commonly. Which you don't know because you are all fucking retards completely clueless about the reality that surrounds you.

>Ever here of the phrase any press is good press?
YES! It's like fucking thinking that announcing those lay-offs at IO were a marketing stunt. What the fuck is going on with you people?

How old are you?

The game is clearly in dev hell, for whatever which reason. It started development along side Witcher 3, FYI.

Why would you announce a hack before contacting the authorities?

Confirmed fake and gay.

no, people shill things on twitter and announce new products, but they don't go on there to announce technical problems or that they've been hacked - that's just inappropriate.

...

The cloud services company I work for has an entire Twitter / Facebook / Social division for interacting with customers. We get more social media requests for support than e-mails (phone calls still rank #1).

Because the threat itself does not actually constitute a criminal offense, and there is no point in contacting the authorities unless the data is actually, really leaked.

When has any other game developer publicly announced that they just got hacked and that leaks may happen in future, before any leaks even surfaced?

>Cop - Maximum lawmen on mean 21st century streets
YES!

>contact the authorities
yea, because hackers get cough regularly and that will totally do anything about their shit getting leaked in a damaging way.

>It started development along side Witcher 3, FYI.
Not entirely. The pre-production started around the time TW3 was half done (that was actually the original idea: doing the one-and-a-half cycle, where your pre-production and production teams have consistently something to do), but it was completely halted in a matter of few months, because it turned out TW3 is going really wonky and they'll need all the hands they can have.
The production has been resumed (still in pre-production or prototyping stage) about half a year after TW3 was released, and it was still done under a skeleton crew as most of the talent was still working on TW expansions.

So really, there has been continuous full-effort work on this game for some two and a half year all together now.
That said, it does look like it's a very troubled project.

It makes no fucking sense to announce that there 'may be leaks in future guise watch out!', any sensible company would keep quiet and do the best they can to prevent the leaks from happen, but if they do happen then they can choose to make a statement about whatever got leaked (such as mentioning it being outdated to avoid a backlash if necessary [but honestly who backlashes at any leak? people understand they're development versions not meant for the public]), no matter how I look at it, this whole story doesn't add up at all.

>the documents are old and largely unrepresentative of the current vision

It's confirmed they have the documents. (if it's real)

>Because the threat itself does not actually constitute a criminal offense
"Hacking and stealing data isn't a criminal offense."

>failed game dev makes up bullshit story to cover the fact they wont be at E3 and still need to be in the headlines and stay relevant

No, There's an interview with the director about this. He specifically states that the company started working on cyberpunk 2077 shortly after starting Witcher 3. I'll look for it to show you.

>hackers get cough
But hackers are robots and can't get sick

>get hacked
>criminal steals data
>hey lets waste time blog posting about it before we decide to contact the police