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Red Barrels

bd_15e950ff7ca918d8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Filed

Sep 30, 2024

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

60%
Full breach record for Red Barrels

Press / market disclosure — not a breach-notification filing

A media or market posting that confirms an incident but carries no breach-notification fields, so compliance clocks aren't assessable. The summary below is extracted from the coverage — verify against the source.

OUTLAST DEVELOPER RED BARRELS SUFFERS MAJOR DATA BREACH; COMPANY INFORMATION COMPROMISED. Red Barrels: The video game developer Red Barrels, known for the horror games Outlast and Outlast 2, has suffered a major data breach, affecting its development work and employees. The investigation has been conducted and the incident is considered "contained," but development plans have been delayed as a result. The compromised data includes game source code, game builds, human resources information, and company credit card information. Linked ransomware group: nitrogen.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Sep 30, 2024

Press report

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Attack → press

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market reportThis record

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • incident type + narrative only (may be machine-translated)
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • affected count
  • data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-03-29

nitrogen

According to ransomware.live, Nitrogen began as a malware loader in 2023 used to deliver BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware, then evolved into a fully independent ransomware operator by mid-2024, operating its own strain derived from leaked Conti 2 builder code and conducting double-extortion attacks primarily linked to Eastern European infrastructure.

48 victims claimed globally48 tracked hereFull profile →