ShinyHunters breached Rockstar Games in ransomware assault, units April 14 deadline

Grand Theft Auto VI is among the most anticipated video video games ever, and is rapidly changing into one of the crucial prematurely hacked video games ever, too.

Originally reported by Hackread and The Cybersec Guru, the distinguished hacker group ShinyHunters claimed it had hacked GTA developer Rockstar Games over the weekend. The group mentioned it was in possession of precious information, and set a deadline of Tuesday, April 14 for Rockstar to pay up, lest the information be launched to the general public.

“Rockstar Games, your Snowflake instances were compromised thanks to Anodot.com. Pay or leak,” ShinyHunters said in a statement on Saturday. “This is a final warning to reach out by 14 Apr 2026 before we leak, along with several annoying (digital) problems that’ll come your way. Make the right decision, don’t be the next headline.”

However, Rockstar is framing issues a little bit otherwise. In an announcement to Kotaku, the corporate downplayed considerations concerning the materials in query.

“We can confirm that a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach,” Rockstar said. “This incident has no impact on our organization or our players.”

Reports point out the hack was centered much less on private information and extra on company belongings. In different phrases, it would not look like participant info is at stake right here (as Rockstar mentioned), however issues like advertising and marketing supplies might see the sunshine of day earlier than Rockstar meant.

If ShinyHunters sounds acquainted, that is as a result of the group was additionally accountable for main hacks of Salesforce and Bumble in recent times.

As for GTA VI, Rockstar needed to do injury management after a serious hack revealed some recreation particulars forward of time, all the way in which again in 2022. With the sport set for launch in November of this 12 months, hopefully, the leaks will finish a method or one other quickly.