Rockstar official statement about GTA 6 leak

Frames of the test version appeared on the network on Sunday morning. Grand Theft Auto 6which quickly spread throughout the world. On the same evening, Take-Two and Rockstar Games began to seek their removal through the DMCA, but short clips and entire compilations can still be found on the Internet. As they say, once posted on the Internet, it can not be deleted.

Youtuber LegacyKillaHD, who is very well connected at Rockstar Games, stateswhat devs shocked and devastated by leak. This is understandable, not only that they leaked frames that no one was supposed to see, but also that such attacks stop all work for a certain period of time. Development on Cyberpunk 2077 was reportedly halted for 14 days following the attack on CD Projekt RED’s servers. Rockstar’s management is also threatening to cut work-from-home flexibility.

Who is behind this? Allegedly, a well-known 16-year-old hacker from the UK is responsible for the theft of data, who penetrated the company’s servers and he downloaded clips from three to four years ago from the initial version of GTA 6. He also had to receive some internal documents regarding the development of GTA 6 and, according to unofficial sources, also part of the source code of GTA 6, the source code of GTA 5 and some materials related to Hooligan 2.

Despite his considerable youth, he had a varied career. It is assumed that extortionist gang leader Lapsus$. This group has previously penetrated the servers of Okta, Samsung, Nvidia, Microsoft, Ubisoft, and others. It is assumed that he himself is behind the attack on Uber. The British young man is well known to the authorities and was arrested earlier this year.

More than 24 hours after the leak (morning US time), Rockstar Games has commented on everything. First of all, it must be stated that no one in any way associated with the company is behind the leak. There has also been a lot of speculation about this in previous hours. The poor Indian developer Rockstar, whose name appeared in the title of one of the 90 clips.

Rockstar statement highlights they are out of the situation very disappointed. But at the same time they reassure the players that this is unlikely to disrupt their work. Development will continue as planned and the entire team is committed to delivering the best possible experience for players and exceeding community expectations..

“Recently, we experienced a network hack in which an unauthorized person accessed and downloaded sensitive information from our systems, including early development footage of the next Grand Theft Auto. At this time, we do not expect any disruption to our game services or any long-term impact on the development of our current projects.

We are very disappointed that the details of our next game were revealed in this way. Our work on the next Grand Theft Auto will continue as planned, and we remain committed to providing you, our players, with an experience that truly exceeds your expectations.

We’ll give you more details shortly and of course introduce you to the game when it’s ready. Thank you all for your continued support in this situation.

The Rockstar Games team