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The Last of Us Part 2 leak was instigated by hackers that found a security exploit in Naughty Dog's older games, according to multiple sources.
Journalist Jason Schreier tweeted to say that a patch in an older Naughty Dog game inadvertently allowed access to the developer's servers, allowing hackers outside of the company to access footage of devs playing a non-final build.
That corroborated a thread from an anonymous game developer, Pixelbutts, who had earlier claimed to know the initial hackers, and went into detail on the process they used to gain access. He also claims that the initial hackers were not responsible for the leak, but that their method of entry to Naughty Dog's servers was likely shared to those that disseminated the footage. Those leakers remain unknown publicly.
Pixelbutts subsequently told Kotaku that the exploit was fixed as of April 30. Neither Sony or Naughty Dog has made further comment on the situation since last week's statement.
Journalist Jason Schreier tweeted to say that a patch in an older Naughty Dog game inadvertently allowed access to the developer's servers, allowing hackers outside of the company to access footage of devs playing a non-final build.
That corroborated a thread from an anonymous game developer, Pixelbutts, who had earlier claimed to know the initial hackers, and went into detail on the process they used to gain access. He also claims that the initial hackers were not responsible for the leak, but that their method of entry to Naughty Dog's servers was likely shared to those that disseminated the footage. Those leakers remain unknown publicly.
Pixelbutts subsequently told Kotaku that the exploit was fixed as of April 30. Neither Sony or Naughty Dog has made further comment on the situation since last week's statement.
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www.ign.com