After the Grand Theft Auto 6 was leaked over the weekend, reports indicate that the FBI and US Department of Justice are looking into the accused hackers responsible for the cyber attack in coordination with Uber.
As reported first by The Geek, the ride-sharing firm experienced a comparable cyberattack over the weekend and is collaborating with law enforcement to track the Lapsus$ hacker group, which is suspected to be behind both the GTA 6 leak and Uber's cyberattack.
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GTA 6 Leaked, Uber Attacked
A hacker illegally downloaded and leaked more than 3GB worth of footage, which is tantamount to around 90 videos, from the highly anticipated "Grand Theft Auto VI," as per STV News.
A person going by the handle "Teapotuberhacker" posted a video of the GTA 6 gameplay to a gaming site, and it quickly spread across TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, and other social media platforms.
Rockstar Games posted a statement saying they suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally downloaded private information from the company's systems.
However, the GTA developer wasn't the only business to experience a cybersecurity incident over the weekend. On September 18, the ride-hailing business Uber was also the target of a cyberattack, with hackers breaking into its Slack feeds like they did for Rockstar Games.
Given the similarity of the hacking techniques used to access each company's network and the number of Microsoft and Nvidia security breaches for which the hacker group has already done this year, Uber suspects that the Lapsus$ hacker group was responsible for both attacks.
Read also: [UPDATE] Rockstar Games Is 'Extremely Disappointed' After Grand Theft Auto VI Leak
Lapsus$ Group
According to a recent blog post by Uber, the business confirmed that it is collaborating with the FBI and the DOJ to find and prosecute the alleged group of hackers.
In connection with activities involving the Lapsus$ group, the 16-year-old, who is from England, was detained in March by the City of London Police. The boy, who could not be identified or named for legal reasons, was said to have accumulated $14 million from his alleged crimes, according to a report by BBC.
"We believe that this attacker (or attackers) are affiliated with a hacking group called Lapsus$, which has been increasingly active over the last year or so. This group typically uses similar techniques to target technology companies, and in 2022 alone has breached Microsoft, Cisco, Samsung, Nvidia, and Okta, among others," Uber said in a blog post.
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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla
