Game News GTA 6: The alleged responsible for the leaks in front of the British justice!
The case shook the entire industry last week: GTA 6 leaked. Or rather, videos of development versions, source codes, and lots of information, all against a backdrop of blackmail. And things moved very quickly.
Summary
- GTA 6: the leak that makes noise around the world
- Hacking, Blackmail, Industry and Rockstar Reactions
- FBI implicated, young man arrested and charged in England
GTA 6: the leak that makes noise around the world
On Sunday, September 18, the internet went up in flames. Hundreds of gameplay videosissues de test or alpha versions of Grand Theft Auto VI, found themselves online. A good hour of video, presenting many gameplay mechanics. A leak of a rare magnitude, which made it possible to get an idea of the direction Rockstar wants or wanted to take to his next blockbuster.
However, impossible to get a precise idea of what the game will look like, since the videos came from working versions. An important point which caused many reactions from the developerswhich have been a number to share images of prototype versions of their games. The Last of Us, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Uncharted 4 : A Thief’s End, God of War (2018), Gears of War, Streets of Rage 4 or Overwatchmany triple A’s have been promoted in versions far removed from their commercial versions.
Hacking, Blackmail, Industry and Rockstar Reactions
But besides the information related to GTA 6, the case also been surrounded by blackmail, and even a scam. The alleged pirate, who spoke at length on various media over the weekend, had indicated that he was in possession of the source codes of Grand Theft Auto V and GTA 6, and that it was looking to negotiate with Rockstar.
Then, exchanges with developers were published, indicating that the motivation behind the hack and leaks was above all financial. An anonymous person was even scammed, thinking he bought the GTA 5 source code for $100,000 before we could confirm it was a scam. Rockstar’s reaction came the following Tuesday, without mentioning the case of blackmail or leaking source codes. The studio was disappointed to see his work thus unveiled, but ensured that work would continue as normal.
FBI implicated, young man arrested and charged in England
From a legal point of view, it is Uber who put a coin back in the machine by implying that the Rockstar hack could be linked to the one that was suffered by the company. On September 23, a new twist, since Matthew Keysan award-winning journalist and former Archyde.com employee, said British police have arrested the alleged perpetrator of these hacks.
London City Police later confirmed the report, adding that it was an arrest as part of an investigation by the UK National Crime Agency’s cybercrime unit, with 17-year-old defendant arrested in Oxfordshire. According to the sources of the journalist, the author would possibly part of the Lapsus$ pirate groupwhich had hacked various giants such as Microsoft, Ubisoft and Samsung. The FBI is involved at the request of both parties, but the federal agency has not yet given an update.
On the evening of Thursday September 22, 2022, London City Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking, in an investigation supported by the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit. He remains in custody. The teenager was charged with two counts of breaching bail conditions and two counts of computer misuse. He will appear in Highbury Corner Youth Court on Saturday September 24, 2022.
The young man arrested, who had already been in court in March last, therefore appeared in juvenile court this weekend in London, as scheduled. The verdict has not yet been released, but the defendant has been charged with two counts of non-compliance with parole and two chiefs fraudulent use of a computer. The latter therefore risks a lot, especially since American justice has yet to indicate what it intends to do.