The GTA 6 leak cost Rockstar $5 million and "thousands of hours of staff time"
Dec. 22, 2023The GTA 6 leak had massive ramifications for Rockstar
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Last year’sGTA 6leak cost Rockstar $5 million plus “thousands of hours of staff time,” the developer told a UK court.
On December 21, theBBCreported that Arion Kurtaj, a key member of the international hacking group Lapsus$, had beensentenced to indefinite life in a hospital prisondue to his alleged involvement in the GTA 6 leak, and “intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible.”
Although the leak was"extremely" disappointing for Rockstar, it seems the developer more than made it up to fans when it released the officialGTA 6 trailerearlier this month. Unfortunately, this wasn’t without its issues, as the trailer leaked a day earlier than its official reveal.
Rockstar isn’t the only studio to have recently suffered this kind of cyber attack. Last week, it was reported thatInsomniac Games(developer ofMarvel’s Spider-Man 2) had beenhacked by a different groupwho had obtained information on the studio’s upcoming game,Marvel’s Wolverine, as well as employee data. Following the attack, there have been plenty ofMarvel’s Wolverine leaks floating around online.
The GTA 6 trailer confirmed what we already knew: that GTA 6 leak was never anything to worry about, and leaks are very often pointless.
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