Rockstar confirms Grand Theft Auto VI leak came from “network intrusion”
Enlarge / Guns were not necessary for a hacker to steal and disseminate dozens of GTA VI videos.
Rockstar confirmed Monday morning that it has suffered a "network intrusion" where "confidential information... including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto" was illegally obtained by a third party. The admission seemingly confirms the veracity of a host of leaked Grand Theft Auto VI videos that hit the Internet over the weekend.
The leaked footage was first linked on fansite GTAForums Sunday morning before spreading across the Internet. It includes roughly 50 minutes of early gameplay across dozens of videos, many featuring placeholder textures and text or debug information. The footage also seemingly confirms some of a July Bloomberg report about the next GTA sequel, including the game's return to the Vice City setting and a Latina bank robber among a pair of playable protagonists.
The hacker, who claimed the videos were obtained via the Rockstar employee Slack, made unsubstantiated claims that they were also behind a massive recent Uber data breach, which also took place via Slack.