Rockstar confirms “a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach”; ShinyHunters demand a ransom
Well known hacking group ShinyHunters claims to have breached the GTA 6 developers cloud servers — More bad news for Rockstar Games.
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GTA 6 Studio Rockstar Confirms 3rd Party Data Breach, Claims It Won't Affect The Company And Players
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I have to stress that the hack is corporate focused, it is not related to a production hack like Teapot. This hack could reveal data on player spending, Rockstar's financials (including GTAVI costs), and potentially contracts with music labels and marketing. GTAVI is fine.
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BREAKING: Rockstar Games has seemingly been breached by a hacking group called “ShinyHunters”. They have given Rockstar until April 14th to pay a ransom fee, or else they are threatening to release information that they've accessed via internal systems such as Snowflake. The [ima…
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I've had conflicted thoughts on the attacks on Sam Altman's home this weekend. Not conflicted about the violence itself, which is unambiguously wrong, but about how the AI safety community should respond. I want to share some of those thoughts.
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Rockstar Games Reportedly Hacked, Team Behind It Threaten A Massive Data Leak If Not Paid Ransom
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GTA-maker Rockstar Games hacked again but downplays impact. Rockstar says there will be no impact on its business as the hackers ShinyHunters tell me they will publish data soon. Hack comes just a few years after infamous Lapsus$ breach. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...