Red Barrels Faces Major Cyber Attack, Halting Game Development

The Outlast developer confirms a significant data breach, impacting production timelines and compromising sensitive information.

Red Barrels, known for the Outlast series, experienced a cyber attack by a group named 'Nitrogen', resulting in the theft of 1.8TB of data.
The stolen data includes source codes for Outlast games, financial details, HR files, and game builds, which are being held for ransom.
Players' data remains unaffected, but the breach has caused substantial delays in the studio's development schedule.
Red Barrels has engaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate the breach and has notified relevant authorities and stakeholders.
The studio is committed to strengthening its cybersecurity measures to protect its employees, partners, and players from future threats.