Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay videos and root codification person been leaked aft a hacker allegedly breached Rockstar Game's Slack server and Confluence wiki.
The videos and root codification were archetypal leaked connected GTAForums yesterday, wherever a menace histrion named ‘teapotuberhacker’ shared a nexus to a RAR archive containing 90 stolen videos.
The videos look to beryllium created by developers debugging assorted features successful the game, specified arsenic camera angles, NPC tracking, and locations successful Vice City. In addition, immoderate of the videos incorporate voiced conversations betwixt the protagonist and different NPCs.
The hacker claims to person stolen "GTA 5 and 6 root codification and assets, GTA 6 investigating build," but is trying to extort Rockstar Games to forestall further information from being released.
However, the menace histrion says they are accepting offers implicit $10,000 for the GTA V root codification and assets but are not selling the GTA 6 root codification astatine this time.
After forum members showed disbelief that the hack was real, the menace histrion claimed helium was down the caller cyberattack connected Uber and leaked screenshots of root codification from some Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto 6 arsenic further proof.
Rockstar games person not released a connection oregon responded to our email astir the onslaught astatine this time. However, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier confirmed the leak was valid aft speaking to sources astatine Rockstar.
The leaked videos person since made it onto YouTube and Twitter, with Rockstar Games issuing DMCA infringement notices and takedown requests to get the videos offline.
"This video is nary longer disposable owed to a copyright assertion by Take 2 Interactive," reads a copyright assertion by Take 2 Interactive, the proprietor of Rockstar Games. These takedown demands lend further validity to the information that the leaked GTA 6 videos are real.
However, Rockstar Game's efforts travel excessively late, arsenic the menace histrion has already created a dedicated Telegram transmission that they are utilizing to leak the stolen GTA 6 videos and root code.
For example, the menace histrion leaked a GTA 6 root codification record contiguous that is 9,500 lines agelong and appears to beryllium related to executing scripts for assorted in-game actions.
Claims to beryllium down Uber attack
The hacker hasn’t shared details connected however they gained entree to the GTA 6 videos and root codification different than claiming to person stolen them from Rockstar’s Slack and Confluence servers.
The menace histrion besides claims to beryllium the aforesaid hacker, named 'TeaPots,' down the caller Uber cyberattack, but BleepingComputer could not corroborate whether these claims are valid.
However, during the cyberattack connected Uber, the menace histrion besides gained entree to the company's Slack server and different interior services aft performing a societal engineering onslaught connected an employee.
While determination are not capable details astir the Rockstar Games hack, the types of servers accessed and the precise nationalist announcements are akin to the Uber hacker’s tactics.