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Recently, developer Insomniac Games was targeted by a hacking group that stole over 1 TB of internal data from the company and reportedly demanded around $2 million dollars for that information’s return. When that demand was not met, the group released the stolen data (which consisted of over 1.3 million
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It begins with an inferno. Air raid alarms wail against the cry of panicked people, fleeing for their lives, abandoning homes and hope. A boy on the precipice between childhood and teenage years awakens in a panic, rushes to dress and, against his father’s wishes, braves the blaze in the