American video game publisher Rockstar games on Monday revealed it was the victim of a “network intrusion” that allowed an unauthorized party to illegally download early footage for Grand Theft Auto VI.
“At this time, we do not anticipate any disruption to our live gaming services nor any long-term effects on the development of our ongoing projects,” the company said in a notice shared on his social media.
The company said the third party had access to “confidential information from our systems,” though it’s not immediately clear if it included any other data beyond gameplay footage.
The dataset contains around 90 video clips from the game, discovered over the weekend on GTAForums by a user with the nickname “teapotuberhacker”, hinting that the party is also the same person responsible for the latest Uber breach.
The Uber hacker, who is going by the name Tea pot, allegedly an 18-year-old teenager. No other details are known yet.
“These videos were downloaded from Slack,” said teapotuberhacker in one of the forum messages. This also likely means that the threat actor resorted to the same multi-factor authentication (MFA) bombing technique to bypass additional layers of account security.
The hacker’s ultimate goal appears to be to “negotiate a deal” with the company. “I will reveal more if Rockstar/Take2 doesn’t pay me,” the publisher posted in a message on 4chan.
