How Hackers Trick Game Companies Into Losing Billions

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By 2025, global cybercrime is estimated to hit $10 trillion annually, a figure that places the gaming industry directly in the crosshairs. I've always wondered why even the largest gaming companies struggle to defend against hacker attacks. The reasons, as I've found, range from complex to surprisingly simple. In my journey through the world of cybercrime, I discovered that if it were a country, cybercrime would rank as the world's third-largest economy, surpassing global military spending fourfold. The gaming sector is particularly vulnerable, with notable attacks on industry giants like Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, and Sony. Despite some claims being hoaxes, the underlying motive remains universally clear: money.
This video explains the impact cybercrime really has on the gaming industry and the multifaceted reasons behind the ongoing battle between game developers and hackers.
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0:00 $10 Trillion Baby
2:26 Hacker News = Wake-Up Call
3:31 Game Companies = Financial Targets
5:35 200 zettabytes of data
6:04 3 Top Attack Vectors
9:00 Insomniac, CDPR, Rockstar
11:54 Why game companies can't shield themselves?
13:30 Don't be lazy, like me
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Written & Produced by Belinda Ercan
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Пікірлер: 56

  • @felipepanini8247
    @felipepanini82472 ай бұрын

    Congratulations on that monopoly video that blew up. Your channel deserve more attention

  • @dxconnery
    @dxconnery3 ай бұрын

    These videos are my top source of education on the games industry now!

  • @shidavx3016
    @shidavx30162 ай бұрын

    Your channel is the hidden gem of youtube, you are underrated as hell and quality of your videos is insane.

  • @ExzaktVid
    @ExzaktVid2 ай бұрын

    Literally the most underrated single video on youtube. How is this even possible. Amazing quality with *UNDER 1K VIEWS‽‽‽ *

  • @greenlatuya
    @greenlatuyaАй бұрын

    I am amazed by this channels graphics and editing talent. The story telling compelling makes you want to stay till the end with is rare now a day. love it all

  • @matricasrpska
    @matricasrpskaАй бұрын

    The reason why gaming companies are not investing into security enough is because they are not really loosing 10.5 trillion a year. If they could tap into 10% of those 10 trillions, the games, their source code and user data would be bullet proof.

  • @caffiend81
    @caffiend812 ай бұрын

    Regularly changing passwords isn't that helpful. It's far more important to make sure that all your passwords are completely unique.

  • @BelindaErcan

    @BelindaErcan

    2 ай бұрын

    then i am an utter failure with this haha

  • @terry2295

    @terry2295

    Ай бұрын

    I was just about to write s comment on that, thanks for being quicker with that and warning people.

  • @sithhill

    @sithhill

    Ай бұрын

    Password protection and security is a combination of uniqueness and consistent change. But as said at the end of the video, both fail at the human element. We aren't computers and we like easy/simple to remember passwords, plus we don't want to constantly change them because then we have to think of something new.

  • @starscope3420
    @starscope3420Ай бұрын

    Again this is very well made and very informative.

  • @VacentViscera
    @VacentViscera27 күн бұрын

    Glad I found your channel. Looking forward to the many others, not sure why you didn't pop into my YT feed a while ago. Great video!

  • @davebertaud
    @davebertaud3 ай бұрын

    great vid, hope your channel gets more traction :))

  • @NeoBlite
    @NeoBlite3 ай бұрын

    Fantastic Video! I know your channel will take off. one of my favorites

  • @BelindaErcan

    @BelindaErcan

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you :)

  • @kevinrineer5356
    @kevinrineer5356Ай бұрын

    Note to anyone setting up MFA: Actually write down your backup codes somewhere! If you lose your 2FA device, or its stolen, or the battery is shot on it, you'll really want those backup codes to get back into your accounts.

  • @ileska299
    @ileska2992 ай бұрын

    Wft someone hacked a children hospital. How annoying can someone be. Like for real it can not be that hard to safeguard children data. How careless of the hospital.

  • @kaloyankraynin3944
    @kaloyankraynin39442 ай бұрын

    Great videos, I hope you get more attention and keep making such high quality content

  • @sithhill
    @sithhillАй бұрын

    Extremely informative, well spoken, and well made video. Had me laughing and shocked at many points! I'm shocked there's only 20k people subbed to you! You do coffeezille levels if editing and information gathering!

  • @bharatgao401
    @bharatgao4012 ай бұрын

    This channel deserves more subscribers.

  • @trbdann2
    @trbdann23 ай бұрын

    Another banger vid! I always learn something from your videos. the scale of cyber attacks is crazy! oof!

  • @drak_darippa
    @drak_darippa2 ай бұрын

    these game companies use skunk works inside their own departments to "hack" themselves. a lot of corporate hacking is just selling customer data legally

  • @Dexthesaga
    @Dexthesaga8 күн бұрын

    I binged all your videos the quality and Contant of gaming journalism you have successfully broke the code😊🎉

  • @ericmikuta
    @ericmikuta2 ай бұрын

    Great content. This video is important. 😊

  • @johndoe-vy4bt
    @johndoe-vy4btАй бұрын

    After watching Monopoly Go video it's hard to feel sorry for corporations using the most vile tactics to pray on children and vulnerable people.

  • @joshgiesbrecht
    @joshgiesbrecht27 күн бұрын

    Great channel you’ve got going! The monopoly video blew my mind. I figured you’d been making videos for years, was shocked to see you’re just starting out! Liked, subbed etc. Can’t wait for more!

  • @brandongovreau9218
    @brandongovreau92182 ай бұрын

    you and your team make a great content keep it up 👏💯

  • @blazingsonic
    @blazingsonic3 ай бұрын

    And they call Nintendo greedy seems all that was projection.

  • @notadog8765
    @notadog87652 ай бұрын

    wow 1 guy in Alaska be hacking

  • @CelestineTheConfused
    @CelestineTheConfused2 ай бұрын

    Hi! Thank you so much for providing closed-captioning (CC), I tend to watch KZread on mute. I had to switch over to auto-CC since I noticed that the News segments didn't provide any, could you provide CC for these segments in the future? Thanks again and keep up the quality work, these videos are good 👍

  • @BelindaErcan

    @BelindaErcan

    2 ай бұрын

    Ohh good point. Thanks for flagging this - will do :)

  • @trbdann2
    @trbdann23 ай бұрын

    I am the tinfoil hat person at work who directly voice calls the head of IT whenever I get a Teams message or email from his staff 😂 I'm sure I was the odd one out being too suspicious... and then my company was attacked last year 🙃

  • @BelindaErcan

    @BelindaErcan

    3 ай бұрын

    Oh wow! No way! A bit of tinfoil hat doesn’t harm :)

  • @darkpit1303
    @darkpit13032 ай бұрын

    Thanks KZread for recommending the Monopoly Video, this is such an underrated channel

  • @tumelotrigertnkuna8840
    @tumelotrigertnkuna884013 күн бұрын

    Great work. I Just discovered your channel and watched most of your videos. Why not reupload your videos that didn't do very well since your channel is now growing?

  • @kleinwolf35
    @kleinwolf35Ай бұрын

    The best digital security? The highest protected asset? More protection than confidential government military files? My Little Pony...

  • @alphamineron
    @alphamineronАй бұрын

    This is literally better content than the 2M+ channels… I think you did catch the Algorithm’s attention, I found the channel from the latest adult video games video.

  • @Blxi
    @BlxiАй бұрын

    Keep it up.

  • @DaleStrickland
    @DaleStrickland2 ай бұрын

    Thank you algorithm for bringing me hetr after the Monopoly Go video

  • @agr0nianTV
    @agr0nianTVАй бұрын

    Very annoying and scary stuff

  • @ileska299
    @ileska2992 ай бұрын

    Renew my password? Why, if my password is 64 random characters long and I don't use the same password for any worship services, why would I need to change my password?

  • @toastbrot1096

    @toastbrot1096

    Ай бұрын

    Because maybe it got leaked in an data breach

  • @xaiosheen
    @xaiosheenАй бұрын

    where does your interest in gaming and these topics come from?

  • @BelindaErcan

    @BelindaErcan

    Ай бұрын

    Nice question :) My dad let me play DOS games on Windows 3.11 when I was just 4 years old. Ever since then, I loved games, computers and software. The rest is just being naturally curious about everything the universe has to offer. And how about you?

  • @clubpornio8125
    @clubpornio81252 ай бұрын

    Criminally Underrated

  • @balsamidisnikolaos4845
    @balsamidisnikolaos48452 ай бұрын

    Why don't you have millions of subscribers?

  • @editorjohn8803
    @editorjohn8803Ай бұрын

    Asmongold brought me here. New sub before you reach 100k

  • @mikeunleashed1
    @mikeunleashed1Ай бұрын

    I like money, can someone show me how to do this, thanks.

  • @JamesSure-iw9yi
    @JamesSure-iw9yi23 күн бұрын

    nothing connected to the internet is safe. get over it. Me and mine will never feel bad about taking someone from and entity that is not a person that makes 800 million a year.

  • @chadwolf3840
    @chadwolf38407 күн бұрын

    10 trillion is close to the GDP of the united states. I think you need to check your numbers.

  • @BigBoyCarp
    @BigBoyCarp2 ай бұрын

    disappointing amout of views for such a great channel so much very important information just dumped by the algorithm. I really hope it finally caughts up

  • @evilleader1991
    @evilleader1991Ай бұрын

    You talk very weird

  • @fedinhofps350
    @fedinhofps3503 ай бұрын

    great video!

  • @infectedgoat99
    @infectedgoat992 ай бұрын

    Underrated. The production quality of these videos is high, the topic interesting, and the content strong. More views are on the way 🫡 as I was served your channel algorithmically with the monopoly video and subbed!

  • @BelindaErcan

    @BelindaErcan

    2 ай бұрын

    ha, thank you for your support 🫡

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