{"id":43759,"date":"2026-04-12T02:32:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43759"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:32:36","slug":"gta-6-developer-rockstar-confirms-third-party-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43759","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 Developer Rockstar Confirms Third-Party Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar Games has confirmed company information was accessed as part of a third-party data breach, after reports emerged this weekend that it had been hacked.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In a statement issued to IGN, a Rockstar Games spokesperson insisted \u201ca limited amount of non-material company information was accessed,\u201d and stressed the incident \u201chas no impact on our organization or our players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rockstar&#8217;s statement in full follows:<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;We can confirm that a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach. This incident has no impact on our organization or our players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This morning, The CyberSec Guru reported that a hacker group called ShinyHunters had used AI analytics platform Anodot, a SaaS cloud-cost monitoring tool Rockstar uses, to breach Rockstar\u2019s Snowflake data warehouse, posing as a legitimate internal service. ShinyHunters has set a ransom deadline of April 14, demanding Rockstar pay, or the group will release the data.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The hackers allegedly did not crack Snowflake\u2019s encryption, rather accessed Anodot\u2019s system to obtain authentication tokens, which it then used as a digital pass key to enter Rockstar\u2019s Snowflake instance. &#8220;if you give a tool like Anodot broad read permissions on your Snowflake warehouse and that tool gets compromised, the data is gone,&#8221; The CyberSec Guru said. &#8220;Snowflake isn\u2019t the weak link here; the integration policy is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">ShinyHunters&#8217; statement in full follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rockstar Games<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Your Snowflake instances were compromised thanks to Anodot.com. Pay or leak.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>This is a final warning to reach out by 14 Apr 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that&#8217;ll come your way. Make the right decision. Don&#8217;t be the next headline.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>FINAL WARNING PAY OR LEAK.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">GTA 6 Vice City Screenshots<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The question now is, exactly what company information was stolen? Rockstar&#8217;s statement downplays the leak, insisting the information is &#8220;non-material,&#8221; and that players and the company&#8217;s plans are unaffected. That suggests Rockstar isn&#8217;t bracing itself for a damaging GTA 6 leak half a year before the game is due to launch, nor does it believe its future plans will be spoiled.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rockstar has suffered a number of damaging leaks in the past. In 2022, more than 90 videos and images from an early version of GTA 6 were leaked online by hackers in what was one of gaming&#8217;s biggest security breaches. &#8220;We take leaks very seriously indeed and they disappoint all of us, it&#8217;s really frustrating and upsetting to the team,&#8221; Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in response.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Then, in December 2023, the first GTA 6 trailer leaked on X\/Twitter less than 24 hours before its scheduled premiere, leading to Rockstar officially posting the trailer on YouTube early. Rockstar developers took to social media to express their frustration at the leak, which Zelnick later called &#8220;disappointing.&#8221; &#8220;In terms of the leak, that&#8217;s always disappointing for the team, but ultimately, I don&#8217;t think it hurt us,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">GTA 6 is due out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S on November 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Photo Illustration by Omar Marques\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/gta-6-dev-rockstar-confirms-a-limited-amount-of-non-material-company-information-was-accessed-in-third-party-data-breach-as-hackers-issue-ultimatum-pay-or-leak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar Games has confirmed company information was accessed as part of a third-party data breach, after reports emerged this weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7138,1792,4378,3697,3402,3400,1865],"class_list":["post-43759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-breach","tag-confirms","tag-data","tag-developer","tag-gta","tag-rockstar","tag-thirdparty","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}