New GTA 6 leak details emerge as Rockstar hacker found liable in court

The teenage hacker accountable for the GTA 6 leak has been discovered liable in court docket after new details about the hack was revealed.

In September 2022, followers of GTA 6 lastly bought their first glimpse of the long-awaited sport following the discharge of 90 developmental movies exhibiting open world title in motion.

The leak confirmed that the collection would return to Vice Metropolis and have a feminine protagonist, amongst different particulars as soon as dismissed as mere hypothesis.

In keeping with new experiences, a UK court docket discovered that 18-year-old Arion Kurtaj helped perform the hack as a member of the Lapsus$ hacking group. Throughout court docket, a jury heard new data associated to the hack and a few new twists about the way it was carried out.

GTA 6 hacker was already arrested and staying at Travelodge

The BBC states that Kurtaj and a 17-year-old (who can’t be named) began hacking collectively after assembly in 2021.

A 12 months later, the 2 have been arrested following Lapsus$’s assault on Nvidia, the place they threatened to launch extra knowledge except a ransom was paid.

Kurtaj ended up being doxxed by rival hackers and was positioned in a Travelodge by police attributable to security issues whereas out on bail.

Whereas on the Travelodge, Kurtaj was in a position to assault a number of corporations together with Revolut, Uber and Rockstar Video games.

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Followers are nonetheless ready for a correct GTA 6 reveal.

The court docket heard that Kurtaj posted a message in Rockstar’s Slack writing, “I’m not a Rockstar worker, I’m an attacker,” and warned that he had downloaded GTA VI knowledge.

“If Rockstar doesn’t contact me on Telegram inside 24 hours I’ll begin releasing the supply code,” he warned.

Following this, 90 clips of GTA 6 improvement footage was leaked on GTAForums, but it surely wasn’t lengthy earlier than the hacker was caught red-handed.

Contained in the Travelodge cops discovered an Amazon Firestick, keyboard, mouse, and sensible telephone, which allowed him to entry the web and defy his bail circumstances.

Each teenagers are set to be sentenced at a later date, with Kurtaj remaining in custody till then. Rockstar says the “unlucky” hack won’t affect the discharge of Grand Theft Auto 6, however for now, the sport has but to even be formally introduced.