{"id":108341,"date":"2026-04-12T10:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/rockstar-games-has-confirmed-it-was-hit-by-third-party-data-breach\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:19:40","slug":"rockstar-games-has-confirmed-it-was-hit-by-third-party-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/rockstar-games-has-confirmed-it-was-hit-by-third-party-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar Games has confirmed it was hit by third-party data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">An experienced hacking group has claimed to have infiltrated <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/union-files-legal-claims-against-rockstar-games-following-alleged-union-busting-165033747.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rockstar Games;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rockstar Games&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Rockstar Games<\/a>&#8216; cloud servers, while the game publisher has confirmed that there was a &#8220;third-party data breach.&#8221; ShinyHunters, a hacker group that&#8217;s been linked to data breaches targeting Microsoft, Google, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ticketmaster-hack-could-affect-560-million-users-121600931.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ticketmaster;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ticketmaster&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Ticketmaster<\/a> and others, posted a message on its website with a final warning to Rockstar to &#8220;pay or leak.&#8221; The hack was first spotted by <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/hackread.com\/shinyhunters-rockstar-games-snowflake-breach-anodot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hackread;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Hackread&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\"><em>Hackread<\/em><\/a> and the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/thecybersecguru.com\/news\/rockstar-games-snowflake-breach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cybersec Guru;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cybersec Guru&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\"><em>Cybersec Guru<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">ShinyHunters didn&#8217;t detail what Rockstar data it gained access to, only adding that the company had until April 14 to reach out or that the group would leak the compromised info that would lead to &#8220;several annoying (digital) problems.&#8221; Rockstar Games confirmed the breach to <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/rockstar-games-reportedly-hacked-massive-data-leak-ransom-gta-6-shinyhunters-2000686858\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kotaku;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kotaku&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\"><em>Kotaku<\/em><\/a>, explaining that &#8220;a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach,&#8221; and that the incident had &#8220;no impact on our organization or our players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Previously, Rockstar had to deal with a major hack that led to a leak including plenty of gameplay footage and assets for <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/rockstar-grand-theft-auto-6-leak-155755703.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grand Theft Auto VI;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Grand Theft Auto VI&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\"><em>Grand Theft Auto VI<\/em><\/a> in 2022. Following the hack, one of the 18-year-old members of the Lapsus$ group responsible for the leak, was sentenced to an &#8220;<a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gta-6-hacker-is-sentenced-to-an-indefinite-hospitalization-194251395.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:indefinite hospitalization;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;indefinite hospitalization&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">indefinite hospitalization<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cybersecurity\/rockstar-games-has-confirmed-it-was-hit-by-third-party-data-breach-175112621.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An experienced hacking group has claimed to have infiltrated Rockstar Games&#8216; cloud servers, while the game publisher has confirmed that there was a &#8220;third-party data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadget"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}