Rumors: Naughty Dog learned about The Last of Us Part II data vulnerability back in February

PixelButts tester, who wished not to reveal his name, in my microblog shared details about exactly how hackers got access to The Last of Us Part II data.

Every Naughty Dog game has a final patch that contains an Amazon Web Services (AWS) encryption key. The latter, paired with a secret identifier, gives access to the contents of the server with materials for a specific project.

According to PixelButts, in storage Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception there were data not only of this game, but also of the original The Last of Us: "The idea of ​​having material on The Last of Us Part II on the TLOU1 server didn't seem so crazy."

Attackers discovered a vulnerability in the Naughty Dog system in January, and by early March they had downloaded at least 1 TB of data from The Last of Us partition. PixelButts notified Naughty Dog of the breach back in February.

How to add to Kotaku, at least one of The Last of Us Part II's leaked story clips contains an indication that the entry is dated April 1st. According to PixelButts, Naughty Dog changed their AWS password no later than April 30th.

As a reminder, last Friday (May 1) Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that they had figured out who was behind the leaks - not an employee of a Japanese company or Naughty Dog. Jason Schreier subsequently confirmed this information.

The Last of Us Part II is expected to release on June 19 exclusively on PlayStation 4. In October 2018, Sony Interactive Entertainment patented cross-platform spoiler blocker, which is designed to help protect the player from inappropriate content.

Source: 3dnews.ru