Rockstar Games issued a statementconfirmAfter being stolen from the early development content of the next “Grand Theft Auto”, but emphasizing that it will not affect the progress of the game development, the London Metropolitan Police said earlier on its official Twitter that it had arrested the early development of the next “Grand Theft Auto”. content, and even stealing Uber’s internal data, while the suspect is only 17 years old.
However, the City of London Police did not release further details.Reported by The Desk website, etc.It is alleged that the London Metropolitan Police Department successfully arrested the suspect under the joint investigation of the US FBI and the UK Cyber Crime Unit and obtained relevant information. At the same time, the suspect was also accused of maliciously attacking at least two companies. Internal system charges.
Previous rumors also alleged that the hacking of Rockstar Games and Uber may be related to the planning of the hacking group “Laspus$”. This hacking group attacked the Brazilian Ministry of Health as early as 2021, and subsequently targeted Uber, Microsoft, and Cisco. , Samsung, NVIDIA and other famous technology companies launched attacks.
Prior to this, a hacker named teapotuberhacker uploaded about 90 early development content videos advertised as “Grand Theft Auto VI” on the GTAForums forum a little earlier, although the follow-up has apparently been made by Rockstar, the developer of the “Grand Theft Auto” series. It is requested to be deleted, but many videos have already been circulated through online channels such as Twitter.
At the same time, the hacker, known as teapotuberhacker, previously stated that he was related to the recent Uber hacking accident, mainly by sending fraudulent text messages to Uber employees, in order to obtain the login account password of the internal system, and then gain more system access rights .
Teenager charged with breach of bail and computer misuse offences pic.twitter.com/8rQnsPblIL
— City of London Police (@CityPolice) September 24, 2022