GTA6
British police arrested a 17-year-old man on suspicion of hacking, most likely in GTA 6
We already reported that the beta game video of Rockstar’s eagerly awaited masterpiece “GTA 6” had been posted online the previous weekend, sparking a furor in the gaming community and becoming the biggest game leak ever. What is surprising, though, is that the leak’s guilty party is a 17-year-old man.
The British NCCU detained a 17-year-old boy suspected of hacking in Oxfordshire on the evening of September 22, 2022, local time, and the hacker has been detained by the police, according to the London police.
The most recent information from the local media suggests that this teenager may be to blame for the recent invasion of Rockstar and Uber, which resulted in the early disclosure of the “GTA6” game data.
The international “famous” hacker group Lapsus$ is responsible for it. They frequently invade international behemoths like Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, and Nvidia in addition to Rockstar.
On the evening of Thursday 22 September 2022, the City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking, as part of an investigation supported by the @NCA_UK’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU).
He remains in police custody. pic.twitter.com/Zfa3OlDR6J
— City of London Police (@CityPolice) September 23, 2022
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Following the Uber breach, the company issued the following statement on its blog: “We believe this attacker is a member of the Lapsus$ hacking group, which has grown in size over the last year or so. active “, and the GTA 6 leaker claimed to be the same person who was involved in the Uber attack in a forum thread.
In March 2022, the hacker group Lapsus$, which stole NVIDIA’s 1TB data, proposed that GPU drivers for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems be fully open sourced by the end of March 4th (4:00 p.m. Beijing time on March 5th), US time, or the confidential data would be made public.
LAPSUS$ attacked Samsung again in March 2022, releasing 190GB of partial source code information stolen from Samsung servers. Microsoft confirmed in March 2022 that Lapsus$ had gained limited access to the company’s systems. Lapsus$ previously claimed to have successfully hacked into Microsoft’s systems and obtained source code for the voice assistants Bing and Cortana.
The Apple Health source code used to develop the Globant “Earn Your Apple Watch” project may have been stolen in a recent Lapsus$ hack, according to Apple Insider on April 5, 2022.
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An anonymous user recently posted more than an hour of “GTA 6” development video on the GTA forum, potentially becoming one of the most high-profile data leaks in the game industry’s history. British police have confirmed that they have charged a teen who was arrested in connection with the alleged hacking that is linked to the recent GTA 6 and Uber data breaches, according to a report.
According to Bloomberg Legal, the 17-year-old hacker pleaded not guilty to computer misuse charges today. A 17-year-old boy arrested in Oxfordshire on Thursday has now been charged with two counts of breaching bail conditions and two counts of misusing a computer to appear at Highbury Point Youth Court on Saturday, City of London police said on Saturday.
According to prosecutor Valerie Benjamin, the suspects used mobile phones to hack into companies and “blackmail them” for illegally obtained software. In youth court, the man denied using his cell phone for hacking. The judge announced that the case would be referred to a higher court, which would hear a “similar” case later.
We understand that while police did not comment on whether the arrest was related to this month’s GTA 6 data breach, reporter Matthew Keys cited sources as saying the teenager was known as “AK” because of his age.
The source also said the teenager was linked to a group called Lapsus$ and was arrested earlier this year for hacking Microsoft and Nvidia. “U.S. federal law enforcement officials, working with their British counterparts, have identified the AK as a common suspect in both attacks,” the Keys source said.
In addition, at least two other people are believed to have been involved in the attacks against Rockstar and Uber, and more arrests are expected, a law enforcement source said.
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