Take-Two and Rockstar were deeply troubled by the game’s leak that was recently downloaded on the internet.On the one hand, there are rumors that an 18-year-old hacker is in “talks” with the authorities. On the other hand, copyright takedown requests for more than 90 videos and screenshots further verified the authenticity of the incident.
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TechSpot pointed out that the incident stemmed from the self-proclaimed hacker “teapotuberhacker” who hacked Uber and posted a lot of “GTA 6” related content on the GTA forum.
In addition to the initial build test video, it also confirmed the rumor that the new game will have a Latin heroine.
Although the voice acting, dialogue and other elements make the leak compelling, it was difficult for netizens to determine if this was a joke.
It wasn’t until Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two, who walked off the scene and waved the bat of a copyright removal request (from an official affiliate email address), everyone realized the truth and gravity of the matter.
The initial leaked post on GTAForums waslocking(The link has been deleted) and social media sites such as YouTube and Twitter have followed the copyright notice and removed the leaked content related to “GTA 6”.
Similar to what happened with CD Projekt Red last year, the hackers also left an email address asking Rockstar staff to contact “to negotiate a deal”.
That incident revealed the source code for “Cyberpunk 2077” and spread to “The Witcher 3” and the unreleased version.
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With Rockstar confirming the veracity of the leaked material, officials are “particularly disappointed” that the details of GTA 6 were shared in this way.
However, the studio pointed out that it is still committed to launching the game in 2024-2025:
The recent cyber intrusion has resulted in unauthorized third parties accessing and downloading confidential information from our systems, including the initial development of next generation GTA games.
We currently don’t expect this to cause any disruption to existing game progress or any long-term impact on ongoing development projects.
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