"Rockstar Confirms Hacker Stole GTA VI Footage"

Rockstar Games, an American video game publisher, has confirmed that a hacker published authentic, pre-release footage from the development of Grand Theft Auto (GTA) VI, a highly anticipated upcoming game. According to a statement released by the company regarding the incident, the theft of this early development footage resulted from a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third-party illegally accessed and downloaded sensitive information from its systems. The user who posted the gameplay "teapotuberhacker," claims they also carried out the recent attack on Uber, but it remains unclear whether they are truly linked. The hacker posted a 3 GB file containing 90 videos of early GTA VI gameplay footage. They also threatened to leak more data, which could include GTA V and GTA VI source code, assets, and testing builds. This article continues to discuss the network intrusion faced by Rockstar Games that resulted in the leak of early development footage of GTA VI, the hacker claiming to have been behind this leak, and the company's response to this hacking incident.

The Verge reports "Rockstar Confirms Hacker Stole GTA VI Footage"