True horror story for Outlast devs: major data breach will result in delays

Red Barrels, the creator of the psychological horror game Outlast franchise, has suffered a data breach. The impact on its production line has been significant.

On its website, the Canada-based company claims the Outlast game franchise "has terrified millions of players." Now, it's the firm's turn to get spooked.

Red Barrels publicly announced the breach on October 2nd. Or, as they called it, a “cybersecurity event that hit its internal IT systems.” Apparently, threat actors were able to access some of its data.

Allegedly, players' information hasn't been compromised. However, the company acknowledged that the incident will have a significant impact on internal processes.

"We will do our best to follow our roadmap, but unfortunately, some things will have to be delayed," the company said, promising to share more details soon.

The breach was, they said, contained.

Red Barrels' name popped up on Cybernews' Ransomlooker tool, which we use to monitor ransomware gangs' data leak sites, where they claim their latest victims.

On October 2nd, a gang calling themselves Nitrogen listed Red Barrels as its latest victim.

As per threat actors, they've stolen 1.8TB of data from the company, including invoices, company info, and game mock-ups, among other things. The gang said the "data would be available soon."

The list of files that Nitrogen allegedly stole is a very long scroll indeed.

The company said it appreciated the support of the community and added it would focus on the future of "The Outlast Trials" – a first-person horror survival video game published in May, 2023.

In total, there are ten victims listed on the Nitrogen blog.