Grand Theft Data: Hackers demand ransom payment from Rockstar Games

Before anyone gets his hands on it Grand theft auto 6There are confirmed reports of major data theft.

A group of ransomware hackers known as ShinyHunters has successfully compromised Anodot, a third-party cloud cost monitoring and business analytics provider used by developer Rockstar Games. According to the site hackredthe hacking group posted a message on its dark site on Saturday, revealing that it had accessed Rockstar’s Snowflake servers.

In a statement to My city On April 11, Rockstar Games confirmed the data breach but said player information was safe.

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

The hack appears to focus on company information, likely including “contracts, financial documents, marketing plans, and other data.” According to Kotaku. Anodot website It lists a wide range of clients, including Puma, Vimeo, King, Tripadvisor and Credit Karma, among others.

It is unclear how widespread this hack was or how long the ShinyHunters group exploited the Anodot security flaw. According to TechRadarthe hackers “were able to find Anodot’s authentication codes, which allowed them to access Snowflake customer accounts.”

ShinyHunters Issue a statement It threatened to publicly disclose the stolen data on April 14 if its ransom demands were not met.

“Rockstar Games, your Snowflake instances have been hacked thanks to Anodot.com. Pay or leak.” If the company fails to “communicate” by the deadline, the hackers will also cause “many disturbing (digital) issues,” the statement said.

A Rockstar Games representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A representative for Anodot could not be reached for comment.

Ransomware hackers

Hacking group ShinyHunters It made headlines In recent years to target large companies, including AT&T, Cisco, Microsoft, and Ticketmaster.

It is unclear if there is more information about Grand Theft Auto 6 from the studio Highly anticipated upcoming gamewill publicly make its way onto the Internet.

High-profile game studios have been targeted by ransomware hackers in the past, as leaks of internal assets and project roadmaps can be particularly devastating during years-long game development cycles.

In 2023, the hacking group Rhysida targeted Sony-owned Insomniac Studios, More than a terabyte leaked From internal data related to video games such as Marvel Spider-Man 2the Wolverine coming And other future projects and plans. In 2022, Rockstar Games was the target of a separate hack Revealed early footage and assets for Grand Theft Auto 6.