The Australian game studio behind popular titles such as Star Trek Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive and Power Rangers Mighty Force has been listed as a ransomware victim on a hacking group’s darknet leak site.
The Direwolf group claimed to have accessed more than 260 code repositories belonging to Adelaide-based developer Mighty Kingdom on August 17, with the code for several games and IP’s potentially compromised.
The hackers are claiming to have stolen repos belonging to several licensed intellectual property titles, such as Barbie, Conan Chop Chop, and Peter Rabbit, alongside the source code for original IPs.
Direwolf also claims to have accessed several rapid prototypes, Game Jam entries, and graduate projects.
The group has not listed a ransom demand, nor published any evidentiary documents. The date of publication, however, appears to be within 14 days.
Cyber Daily has reached out to Mighty Kingdom for comment regarding Direwolf’s claims but has yet to receive a response.
Who is Direwolf?
Direwolf was first observed in May 2025, when it claimed to have hacked the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia, which later confirmed it was investigating a cyber security incident.
Since then, the group has claimed 96 victims in total; its most recent local victim was Wine Works Australia, which fell victim to the group in August 2025.
Direwolf describes itself as a “group of hackers who only seek money” without any political stance.
Who is Mighty Kingdom?
The Adelaide-based developer was formed in 2010 and publishes both original properties and branded titles including Shopkins, LEGO Friends: Heartlake Rush, Gabby’s Dollhouse, Wild Life, and Ava’s Manor.
The studio has published more than 50 games, which have been downloaded on various platforms more than 50 million times.
“Mighty Kingdom is one of the largest independent game developers and only one of two public game dev companies on the ASX. We are a professional, high-quality, talented, experienced, reliable, cost-effective, full-cycle game developer for leading brands and original IPs,” the company says on its LinkedIn page.
“We are well established and have a proven track record with over 20 games developed across 15 years. We have collaborated with Google, DreamWorks, Disney, Apple, East Side Games, Funcom, ZAG, Spin Master, Sago Mini, Sony, Moose Toys, Mattel, Lego and others.”
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