GTA VI leak underneath investigation, with alleged arrest of hacker

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Following this week’s notorious Grand Theft Auto VI leak, a number of legislation enforcement businesses have been trying to find the perpetrator. Now they allegedly have discovered the individual, although it has but to be formally confirmed.

Earlier this week, a hacker obtained footage (and allegedly the supply code) of Grand Theft Auto VI from Rockstar’s firm Slack server. They dropped this footage on-line, revealing the as-yet-unannounced title to the world. Amongst different issues, we noticed protagonists Jason and Lucia, some dialogue, and gameplay. Rockstar put out a press release admitting the breach and expressing disappointment.

In the present day, the Metropolis of London Police revealed it has arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire “on suspicion of hacking.” Reporter Matthew Keys stated sources confirmed that this particular person was the alleged Rockstar hacker. On the time of this writing, this had not been formally confirmed by Rockstar or any legislation enforcement businesses.

Rockstar Video games has assured avid gamers that the leak received’t influence the event of GTA VI. Each Rockstar and Take-Two have tried to get the footage faraway from YouTube, Twitter and different social websites.

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