The 17-year-old hacker allegedly responsible for a major leak ofGrand Theft Auto 6development footage and possibly other resources has pled not guilty to the charge of computer misuse, although they did apparently plead guilty to breaching bail conditions. The teen accused of leakingGrand Theft Auto 6material is currently being held at a youth detention center.
Recently the first-everleaked footage ofGrand Theft Auto 6began circulating thanks to a disastrous security breach of developer Rockstar Games. It’s still uncertain exactly what was obtained in the breach, with reports suggesting that the hacker had obtained the source code forGrand Theft Auto 5andGrand Theft Auto 6. In the aftermath of the hack, many people took to social media pretending to be responsible for the incident, while one individual claiming to be the hacker in question managed to scam a person out of $100,000 in a fraudulent deal forGrand Theft Auto 5’s source code.
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A 17-year-old suspect had recently been arrested in Oxfordshire, UK as the result of a collaborativeinvestigation involving the FBIand the UK’s National Cyber Crime Unit, and according to City of London detective inspector Michael O’Sullivan, the alleged hacker has pleaded not guilty to the charge of computer misuse. The suspect did, however, plead guilty to breaching bail conditions set by an earlier arrest when the then-16-year-old hacker was part of a group of individuals arrested under suspicion of hacking major companies such as Microsoft. As a minor, theGrand Theft Auto 6hacker’s identity will likely stay concealed.
Rockstar Games has issued a statementconfirming that it had suffered a “network intrusion” causing the information to be taken from its servers, although theGrand Theft Autodeveloper insists that the incident would have “no long-term effect on development.” One could even argue that the leak has providedGrand Theft Auto 6with a substantial amount of press coverage and has had the unintentional side effect of promoting the highly-anticipated title in the minds of the gaming industry. The leak likely has thrown a wrench in Rockstar’s marketing schedule for the game, however, as certain elements of the game have already been let out of the box.
Previously rumored details such asGrand Theft Auto 6’s male and female protagonistsand its setting in Vice City have been corroborated by the leaked footage, although there will certainly be plenty of game left to discover onceGrand Theft Auto 6finally releases in the coming years.
