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GTA 6 Dev Confirms Another Data Breach, Hackers Demand Ransom
ShinyHunters say they accessed limited Rockstar data through a third-party breach and are demanding payment by April 14 or they will leak it.
- On Saturday, April 11, 2026, hacker group ShinyHunters claimed to have breached Rockstar Games via Anodot, a cloud monitoring service, and demanded a ransom payment by April 14, 2026, threatening to leak data otherwise.
- The hackers did not compromise Snowflake directly; instead, they exploited Anodot, a cloud cost monitoring service that Rockstar Games uses to manage cloud data, gaining access to secured servers.
- Rockstar Games confirmed a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed. A spokesperson told Kotaku the incident has no impact on the organization or players, despite ShinyHunters' claims of possessing a large data collection.
- Posting on the dark web, ShinyHunters warned Rockstar to make the "right decision," stating: "This is a final warning to reach out by 14 Apr 2026 before we leak, along with several annoying problems that'll come your way."
- Active since 2020, ShinyHunters typically targets large companies to ransom or sell stolen data, with past targets including Microsoft, Ticketmaster, Cisco, and Wattpad.
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Hackers breach Rockstar ahead of GTA 6 launch – here's the ransom note: 'FINAL WARNING PAY OR LEAK'
Rockstar got hacked again, in case you missed it, and the culprits are demanding it pays up by tomorrow or they will leak GTA 6 all over the interwebs. Or something, or not at all, because Rockstar has now released a statement saying the hackers didn’t actually steal anything of value (by the sounds of it). more…
Rockstar Games confirmed the breach. The hackers only accessed internal company documents.
Is GTA 6 Coming in 2026? Hackers Threaten Massive Developer Leak In 72-Hour Countdown
Rockstar Games has confirmed it was hit by a new data breach after hacker group ShinyHunters claimed on Saturday that it had broken into the Grand Theft Auto maker's cloud servers and started a 72‑hour ransom countdown, raising fresh questions over whether GTA 6 is safe ahead of its expected 2026 release. This is the second major security incident to hit Rockstar in just a few years. In 2022, early GTA 6 gameplay and development assets were dump…
Rockstar Games has confirmed it was hit by third-party data breach
An experienced hacking group has claimed to have infiltrated Rockstar Games' cloud servers, while the game publisher has confirmed that there was a "third-party data breach." ShinyHunters, a hacker group that's been linked to data breaches targeting Microsoft, Google, Ticketmaster and others, posted a message on its website with a final warning to Rockstar to "pay or leak." The hack was first spotted by Hackread and the Cybersec Guru. ShinyHunte…
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