CD Projekt RED has been hacked, hacker threatens to release CP2077 and Witcher 3 source code

[Churrasco]

They came up with a pretty lame excuse to delay the february patch

 

[thesheeep]

The most shocking thing about this is that they are still using Perforce.

That was also quite shocking to me.
Like... wtf?

What's bad about Perforce?

It is not per se bad.

But it is a very complicated toolset for a rather simple job.
It offers a million tools on top of version control. Anything from task/issue tracking to collaborative source file editing. And you kinda have to learn it all to get anything out of the money you pay.
But I've never seen or heard of teams that actually do use all the tools it offers.
Most I've seen (and talked to) just used it as a more elaborate git client.

IMO, teams are better off just using git + JIRA (or another task tracker) for the majority of project needs. Collaborative source editing, for example, sounds amazing technically but I don't think it is ever used in many projects.
Bit of a solution in search of a problem. Which of course makes it sound just perfect for many inexperienced CEO types.
Then again, I just prefer simpler text editors with not that much auto help and a sleek command line to get the job done. I'm definitely not the target audience.

 

[The Jester]

 

[Justicar]

 

[tritosine2k]

Gerrard can't be the incessant nuisance in another thread once you don't care about the game but outwardly stuff like rating posts ?

EDIT: :autism: detected indeed

 

[CabbageHead]

Did CD Projekt Red finally got cyberPUNKED?!?

heh.

 

[Tacgnol]

The most shocking thing about this is that they are still using Perforce.

That was also quite shocking to me.
Like... wtf?

What's bad about Perforce?

It is not per se bad.

But it is a very complicated toolset for a rather simple job.
It offers a million tools on top of version control. Anything from task/issue tracking to collaborative source file editing. And you kinda have to learn it all to get anything out of the money you pay.
But I've never seen or heard of teams that actually do use all the tools it offers.
Most I've seen (and talked to) just used it as a more elaborate git client.

IMO, teams are better off just using git + JIRA (or another task tracker) for the majority of project needs. Collaborative source editing, for example, sounds amazing technically but I don't think it is ever used in many projects.
Bit of a solution in search of a problem. Which of course makes it sound just perfect for many inexperienced CEO types.
Then again, I just prefer simpler text editors with not that much auto help and a sleek command line to get the job done. I'm definitely not the target audience.

I'm always suspicious when any dev team uses complex source control/versioning systems.

99.9% of teams only ever use the most basic features.

 

[racofer]

The source code is probably so shitty that they will have to rewrite large parts of it.

Hackerman: * leaks the code on 4chan *
Anon: ok mr. hackerman, now give the decryption key so we can use this shit.
Hackerman: but it is decrypted.
Anon: wtf


Allegedly, this is the tool used to hack CDPR servers:

 

[DeepOcean]

No one will try to use their code to do anything useful with it for legal reasons, there was the case where people used the Thief source code to rewrite the Engine and create New Dark but they had authorization for that as the source code was made public. What will be actually fun to watch in here, if the hackers release the source code, is to see, first hand, how embarassing CDPR coding practices must be. I will surely enjoy savoring all that tasty spaghetti.

 

[Yoomazir]

Wait, is this a marketing stunt for the february big patch?

 

[just]

i will laugh and mock their badly written code but nobody will know i dont even know how to code

 

[502]

 

[The Jester]

[REDACTED]

At your own risk.

 

[Tacgnol]

No one will try to use their code to do anything useful with it for legal reasons, there was the case where people used the Thief source code to rewrite the Engine and create New Dark but they had authorization for that as the source code was made public. What will be actually fun to watch in here, if the hackers release the source code, is to see, first hand, how embarassing CDPR coding practices must be. I will surely enjoy savoring all that tasty spaghetti.

In fairness I suspect most big game projects are filled with spaghetti code.

I remember people acting shocked at how messy a lot of Valve's code was in the recent leaks. Gotta say as a dev myself, it really didn't seem anything out of the ordinary.

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

Unreleased version of Witcher 3... how about unreleased version of Cyberpunk that is an rpg?

 

[toro]

The most shocking thing about this is that they are still using Perforce.

Perforce is the best version version control tool for large files.

 

[Gerrard]

Unreleased version of Witcher 3... how about unreleased version of Cyberpunk that is an rpg?

 

[racofer]

how about unreleased version of Cyberpunk

They never made that game.

 

[DeepOcean]

Unreleased version of Witcher 3... how about unreleased version of Cyberpunk that is an rpg?

That game never left the Marketing department.

 

[IDtenT]

What's the main story anyhow? Did you get society to return to the 1950's or did you just accept all the clown world?



Did you ask for this?

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[Fedora Master]

How come nobody talked about this?


Highly ironic, to be the target of a cyber attack.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

There's a thread dedicated to it, Fedora Master.

 

[Fedora Master]

Threatening to release dox to the gaming press, as if they'd do anything with it.

 

[Wunderbar]

I'm always suspicious when any dev team uses complex source control/versioning systems.

99.9% of teams only ever use the most basic features.

sounds in line with CDPR's bad management habits.