US EditionGTA 6 Dev Confirms Another Data Breach, Hackers Demand Ransom
ShinyHunters say they accessed limited Rockstar data through a third-party breach and are demanding payment by April 14 or they will leak it.
- On Saturday, April 11, 2026, hacker group ShinyHunters claimed to have breached Rockstar Games via Anodot, a cloud monitoring service, and demanded a ransom payment by April 14, 2026, threatening to leak data otherwise.
- The hackers did not compromise Snowflake directly; instead, they exploited Anodot, a cloud cost monitoring service that Rockstar Games uses to manage cloud data, gaining access to secured servers.
- Rockstar Games confirmed a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed. A spokesperson told Kotaku the incident has no impact on the organization or players, despite ShinyHunters' claims of possessing a large data collection.
- Posting on the dark web, ShinyHunters warned Rockstar to make the "right decision," stating: "This is a final warning to reach out by 14 Apr 2026 before we leak, along with several annoying problems that'll come your way."
- Active since 2020, ShinyHunters typically targets large companies to ransom or sell stolen data, with past targets including Microsoft, Ticketmaster, Cisco, and Wattpad.
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