Hacker steals GTA6 source code from Rockstar

Tom Allen
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The irony of a criminal stealing code from a game about criminals is not lost on us. Image: Rockstar Games
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The irony of a criminal stealing code from a game about criminals is not lost on us. Image: Rockstar Games

The attacker may be the same as the one who breached Uber last week - and could be affiliated with the Lapsus$ group

A cybercriminal - allegedly the same one who hacked Uber last week - has breached Rockstar Games and stolen the source code for its upcoming game, Grand Theft Auto 6. The individual, going by th...

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