Summary
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ShinyHunters said it breached the Rockstar cloud via Anodot and demanded a ransom until April 14, 2026.
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Rockstar confirmed that limited non-player company data was accessed and said there was no impact to the player.
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The stolen files likely contain corporate documents (contracts, marketing, financial); GTA VI’s involvement is unclear.
Rockstar Games has been hacked again.
This time, the famous hacker group ShinyHunters claims to have hacked the video game developer’s cloud servers and stolen a significant amount of data from Rockstar Games. Cybersec Guru and Hackread (via IGN). It is unclear whether this data leak was included Grand Theft Auto VI, is the studio’s highly anticipated open-world title, but I’d be surprised if it didn’t have some capacity. The hacker group says it wants a digital ransom paid by April 14 or it will leak the data it stole from the company. It is unclear how much the digital ransom was.
In a statement to various outlets following news of the data breach, Rockstar Games confirmed that the hack had occurred:
We can confirm that a limited amount of intangible company data was accessed in connection with a third party data breach. This incident has no impact on our organization or our players.
ShinyHunters sent the following ransom demand to Rockstar Games, suggesting that the studio needs to “make the right decision” and doesn’t want to “be the next title.” Here is the group’s full message:
Rockstar Games, your Snowflake instances have been hijacked thanks to Anodot.com. Pay or leak. This is the last warning to get to April 14th, 2026 before it leaks, along with a few annoying (digital) issues to come. Make the right decision, don’t be the next headline.
It is not clear what data was specifically included in the data breach
Rockstar Games is hacked for the second time
According to reports, the hacker group did not actually breach Snowflake’s security. Apparently, they gained access to the data instead AnodeIt’s a cloud spending control and analytics service that Rockstar uses to manage its data. This ransomware-focused hack appears to be related to a recent security breach Anodotus lived in early AprilGives ShinyHunters a way to access Rockstar Games internal data.
ShinyHunters did not say what data it stole from Rockstar, but according to the developer’s statement, the information was not related to user passwords or data. The hacker group is believed to have first obtained Rockstar Games’ corporate documents, including contracts, marketing plans and financial records, all of which the developer is reluctant to share publicly. The hacker group has been active since 2020 and has primarily targeted large companies including Microsoft, Ticketmaster, Wattpad, Cisco and more.
In 2022, Rockstar suffered a major hack that leaked the first footage and assets of GTA VI to the internet. The The hack was organized by a teenager who gained access to Rockstar’s Slack account. They have been sentenced to life in a hospital prison in England and will only be released if doctors decide they are not a danger to others. BBC.
Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for release on November 19 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The PC version of the game has not been confirmed yet.
