The hacker behind GTA 6’s gigantic leak appears to have been caught. A 17-year-old man suspected of hacking has been arrested in Oxfordshire, London police said on Twitter. Investigators from Great Britain’s national Cyber Crime Unit had therefore helped to locate him.
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According to journalist Matthew Keys (Reuters, ABC News), there is a connection between the suspect and hacking attacks on Rockstar Games and presumably also Uber Technologies. According to Keys, he expects an official statement from the police and the FBI shortly.
Allegedly, he is the leader of the Lapsus$ hacker group, which is blamed for attacks on several large companies, including Microsoft, Samsung, and Nvidia recently the ride-hailing service Uber.
According to Uber, the US Department of Justice is currently investigating the cyber attack. GameStar had reported the identification of the hacker:
After century leak
GTA 6: Hacker should only be 16 and no stranger
The leak had made international headlines and great excitement in the industry and brought in-game scenes from GTA 6 to the public for the first time.
The hacker also apparently wanted to blackmail Rockstar with captured source code. By the way, our podcast on the subject is about how leaks actually happen, what they do and why they are sometimes even intentional:
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After the leaked scenes from GTA 6 were loudly criticized on social media, numerous developers showed unfinished prototypes of their titles. The aim of the campaign: to make it clear to players that even the best games used to look incredibly ugly.
