On September 18, on the GTAForums forum page, an article appeared with 90 videos believed to be from GTA 6.
Grand Theft Auto 6 or GTA 6 is the sequel to the hit action series from Rockstar. Recently, a user on GTAForums with the username teapotuberhacker uploaded a compressed file with 90 videos in the game GTA 6.
GTA 6 images leaked on the forum
The original post of teapotuberhacker reads as follows: “Here are 90 videos from GTA 6. Maybe I will continue to reveal more information in the near future, source code for GTA 5 and 6, test version of GTA 6 .” Soon after, the above videos appeared on social networking sites from Twitter to Youtube. Fans of this series of games sell doubt with the above information. However, Rockstar did not respond or confirm such information.
Video compilation of 90 videos of teapotuberhacker Besides the gameplay, we also see the debug screen appear. If what’s in the movies is true, this also confirms the rumor that Grand Theft Auto 6 has a male and female protagonist. While the source of the videos has not been specified, it is highly likely that it is the result of a direct hack into Rockstar because the teapotuberhacker said they obtained them from the company’s internal Slack team. Soon on Twitter page of Jason Schreier – a journalist in the video game field confirmed the information in the video is true.
Rockstar and Take Two speak up
As mentioned above, the hacker has revealed that he can share both the source code of GTA V and GTA 6. Immediately after posting the article on GTAForums, teapotuberhacker updated the article “If you are Rockstar or Take Two staff and you are trying to contact me send me a message with code 22559219889638875756 on Telegram or you can email me at [email protected] ** from your corporate email address ** I am looking for a deal.”. It can be seen that this hacker is intending to demand ransom from Rockstar. On September 20, Rockstar also officially spoke about this incident on Twitter.
Rockstar’s article is roughly translated as follows:
“We recently suffered a network breach in which a third party illegally accessed and illegally downloaded confidential information from our systems, including the initial development scene. for the next Grand Theft Auto.
At this time, we expect there won’t be any disruption to our live game services, nor any long-term effects on the development of ongoing projects. presently.
We are extremely disappointed that details of our next game are shared with everyone in this way. Our development in the next Grand Theft Auto will continue as planned, and we remain committed to delivering an experience that truly exceeds your expectations, our player.
We’ll update everyone soon and, of course, give a decent introduction to this next game when it’s ready. We would like to thank everyone for their continued support during this situation.”
Following that, Rockstar’s parent company Take Two also spoke up and announced that it would try to remove the existence of the above videos:
“Rockstar Games recently experienced a network breach in which a third party illegally accessed and illegally downloaded confidential information from our systems, including the original development scene for The next Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar Games services are currently unaffected. We have taken steps to isolate and prevent this issue.
Game development will continue as planned. At this time, Rockstar Games does not anticipate any disruption to our current services, nor any long-term effects on the game’s development as a result of the interruption. this one”
Many developers shared their support for Rockstar following the leak, most notably from Xbox Corporate Vice President Sarah Bond.
Hacker’s identity
Of course, a biggest leak in the history of video games like this will also draw a lot of community interest. Hackers are hacked by other hackers and publicize them to the community. An administrator named pompompurin of the Breached forum – a large hacking forum said that the 16-year-old teapotuberhacker was named White. Although young, this is a leader of a hacker group called Lapsus$. The 16-year-old hacker was previously arrested on a similar charge in December 2021.
According to pompompurin, this hacker – who goes by the name White – submitted proof he was behind the GTA 6 leak in a Telegram chat that the Breach community hacked. After that, White deleted the evidence. White is also said to have infiltrated Microsoft through the Lapsus$ group, an event Microsoft had to announce in a blog post earlier this year. White is also alleged to have hacked into Uber earlier this week, coinciding with a claim by teapottuberhacker on GTAForums.
However, until now, there is no information confirming the identity of this hacker is correct or not. Above is all the information surrounding the case of GTA 6 images being leaked by hackers. Follow the Game News Channel to update the latest information about this hit game!