When you think of hackers and Grand Theft Auto, most of you are probably thinking of the countless leaks surrounding the upcoming sixth installment of this violent adventure series developed by Rockstar Games. But one should not forget that the multiplayer part of the current part of Grand Theft Auto V is also often hacked.
The case being investigated by criminal investigators in Pilsen is just one more proof that even behind a screen one cannot count on 100% anonymity.
Although it may be surprising the GTA Online-related hack was also to be investigated by local authorities.. The 21-year-old was arrested and charged with blackmailing players and the operator of a multiplayer server (probably a community server, not the official one run by Rockstar). Krimi-Plzeň.cz was the first to report this.
Source: Rockstar gamesThere is a serious vulnerability in GTA Online on PC. Threatens game accounts and operating system
Accused first Gained unauthorized access to an administrator account, through which he permanently deleted saved files from the server, which, according to a police spokesman, were to be used for competitions and events. She was supposed to be the operator loss of profit caused.
To top it off, the hacker blocked access to 75 players and continued to carry out DoS and DDoS attacks to game servers. By overloading them, causing them to be unavailable for a certain amount of time, he had to inflict damage on lost profits again.
He then had to blackmail the game server operator via email. Young man demanded payment of 50,000 crowns and later also payment in bitcoin in exchange for stopping cyberattacks.
“Criminalists accused a 21-year-old man of committing crimes of unauthorized access to a computer system and storage media and blackmail. For committing the above crimes the Criminal Code provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of six months to four years,” a police spokesman said.
Source :Indian TV
