GTA 6 leak confirmed by Rockstar; studio is ‘extremely disappointed’

Rockstar Games confirmed Monday that a “network intrusion” is to blame for a massive Grand Theft Auto 6Over the weekend, leak was posted. More than 90 video clips of the in-development game were published on a Grand Theft Auto forum — one of the largest leaks in video game history.

“We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto,” a Rockstar representative said via Twitter on Monday.

Continued the statement:

We do not expect any interruptions to live gaming services or long-term effects on ongoing development projects.

It is a huge disappointment that you have not been able to see the details for our next game. We will be working on Grand Theft Auto’s next game as usual. Our commitment to providing an enjoyable experience for you as our players is unwavering. When the game is available, we will provide an update to everyone. Thank you to everyone who has been there for us throughout this difficult time.

The hacker, who also claimed responsibility for a breach at ride-sharing giant Uber last week, claimed to have downloaded the videos from Rockstar Games’ internal Slack, an application used for communication and file sharing between employees.

Nearly an hour’s worth of footage was published across the clips, some of which are very short. The clips showed two separate playable characters — a male and a female character — shooting guns and driving around what appears to be a fictionalized version of Miami, Vice City, further confirming a Bloomberg report from July. Lucia is a female character who robs diners, holding them hostage and holding their staff members at gunpoint.

The first round of clips was published. GTA 6 hacker, called Teapotuberhacker, said they intended to publish more, including a “test build” and source code for GTA 6Its predecessor Grand Theft Auto 5. Later, the hacker said they were willing to “negotiate a deal” with Rockstar Games.