Following the March 18 Duet Night Abyss update, players of the free-to-play action RPG reported that the update contained malware. You can find some of these reports on Reddit. like this onewhich shows a quarantine issued by virus software for a detected Trojan.

Today the DNA team posted an answer They detailed what they did to address the “cybersecurity incident” and stated that the “root cause” was a “malicious attack from a specific region.” [their] internal office systems and live servers.” The post also states that following the breach, there were “ongoing attempts to continue the attack and spread misinformation.”

The post also includes a timeline of Pan Studios’ actions regarding the issue, starting with a hotfix and ending with the deployment of an emergency update to remove the malicious files. The developers also informed players about the measures taken to prevent something like this from happening again. This includes things like real-time monitoring, closing non-essential access channels, consolidating external access ports, y similares. The post also points out that players are entitled to compensation today.

As for player reaction, it seems cautious at best. A post From someone who claims to work in cybersecurity, a statement released by the company yesterday about the issues downplayed things. The Redditor also points out that the measures mentioned in today’s announcement indicate that the game’s initial security was weak. He also notes that he wants the company to inform players whether their personal information has been accessed.

The Redditor also mentions that players might benefit from playing through Steam instead of the company’s launcher. They admit they’re not sure if Steam is looking for this, but it adds an extra layer of buffering. Curiosamente, I checked Duet Night Abyss’ current player base on Steam and found that the game has between 300 y 400 jugadores concurrentes, which leads me to conclude that most players never bothered to switch to Steam when the game was finally released there.

Por supuesto, players can take their own measures and make sure their virus software is up to date, not sharing information with questionable websites, y similares.