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Unannounced Disney projects are surfacing online following a massive data hack.
Disney has reportedly suffered a compromising data breach, according to several reports currently circulating online. A hacktivist group named ‘Nullbulge’ claims to have hacked into Disney’s Slack platform and stolen 1.1TB of data, only to then leak the entirety of that data online.
While the data has now been taken offline, a number of unannounced projects have now surfaced following the leak. This includes a sequel to Aliens: Fireteam Elite and upcoming Dead by Daylight skins.
Disney gets hit with massive 1.1TB data leak
Disney has allegedly suffered a massive 1.1TB data hack, led by a hacktivist group named Nullbulge. The group claims to have stolen content from Disney’s internal Slack platform, including login credentials, personal information, concept art and various unreleased projects. The hacking group then put this data up on its website for anyone to download, only for the website to quickly go offline.
Disney has not issued an official response to the alleged hack, but we’re already starting to see a few unannounced projects leak online because of it. For example, a sequel to 2021’s multiplayer shooter Aliens: Fireteam Elite surfaced online in the form of what appears to be an internal presentation. The sequel is codenamed ‘Project Macondo’, with a targeted release window of Q3 2025.
The sequel will have 13 weapons, nine enemy types and a story campaign that runs for roughly eight to twelve hours. Instead of giving players access to customisable characters, they will now have to choose from preset characters with signature weapons and special abilities, giving the PvE shooter an Overwatch-like twist.
Another leak involves a crossover between Dead by Daylight and Alien, bringing skins for Ellen Ripley and Rain Carradine to the game. Rain is the protagonist of the next instalment in the Alien franchise: Alien Romulus, which hits theaters in August.
It’s a little odd that both notable leaks from this Disney hack involve the Alien franchise specifically, but so it goes. This isn’t the first time a major data hack like this has hit the videogame industry, either. In 2022, Rockstar Games’ Slack platform was hacked, leading to the release of 90 videos containing early gameplay footage from GTA 6 online. In late 2023, Insomniac Games suffered another massive data breach, leading to several unannounced Marvel games getting leaked.