joycity

joycity was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to audit team in March 2026. The organization, operating in the Technology sector in South Korea, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

audit team operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

Joycity is a prominent South Korean game developer and publisher founded in 1994 and listed on the KOSDAQ. Renowned for its innovation and global reach, the company originally pioneered the hip-hop-themed sports genre with its self-developed FreeStyle series, which became a cultural milestone for players across Asia. In the mobile era, Joycity successfully pivoted to the Strategy (SLG) genre, producing high-revenue titles like Gunship Battle: Total Warfare and Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War, with international markets consistently accounting for over 70% of its total revenue. Currently, Joycity is actively expanding into Web3 technologies and major cross-platform projects. Its blockbuster collaboration with Capcom and Aniplex, Resident Evil Survival Unit, has already surpassed 5 million global downloads as of early 2026, demonstrating the company’s robust R&D and operational expertise in managing world-class intellectual properties.