Rockstar confirms the hack and the GTA VI leak
Rockstar Games says an unauthorized third party got into its systems and downloaded confidential data, including early development footage of the next Grand Theft Auto. The company says work continues as planned.
Rockstar Games has officially confirmed that an unauthorized third party broke into its network and downloaded confidential information from its systems. That includes early development footage of the next Grand Theft Auto, so the GTA VI material going around is the real thing.
Rockstar says it does not expect any disruption to live game services, nor any long-term effect on the development of its ongoing projects. Work on the next Grand Theft Auto continues as planned. The company said it is extremely disappointed to see details of the game shared this way, and promised another update soon.
In a US filing, Take-Two said it has taken steps to isolate and contain the incident, and it too does not anticipate a long-term effect on development timelines.
What the attacker claims
The leaker goes by teapotuberhacker and says they are the same person behind the Uber attack. They claim to have the source code and assets for GTA V and GTA VI, plus a GTA VI testing build. According to them, they got in by social engineering an employee, and they want to negotiate with Rockstar and Take-Two. That is the attacker's word only, with no confirmation.
Uber had suggested the Lapsus$ group might be behind both hacks, but who is actually responsible is still unclear.
Cleanup online
Take-Two filed DMCA takedown requests to get the footage off YouTube and Twitter. GTAForums also removed the original post at the company's request.
GameSpot says the leak seemingly corroborated earlier reports: . Rockstar has not confirmed any of that, so it remains an inference from the leak.
