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Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar Games has confirmed company information was accessed as part of a third-party data breach, after reports emerged this weekend that it had been hacked.
In a statement issued to IGN, a Rockstar Games spokesperson insisted “a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed,” and stressed the incident “has no impact on our organization or our players.”
Rockstar’s statement in full follows:
“We can confirm that a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach. This incident has no impact on our organization or our players.”
This morning, The CyberSec Guru reported that a hacker group called ShinyHunters had used AI analytics platform Anodot, a SaaS cloud-cost monitoring tool Rockstar uses, to breach Rockstar’s Snowflake data warehouse, posing as a legitimate internal service. ShinyHunters has set a ransom deadline of April 14, demanding Rockstar pay, or the group will release the data.
The hackers allegedly did not crack Snowflake’s encryption, rather accessed Anodot’s system to obtain authentication tokens, which it then used as a digital pass key to enter Rockstar’s Snowflake instance. “if you give a tool like Anodot broad read permissions on your Snowflake warehouse and that tool gets compromised, the data is gone,” The CyberSec Guru said. “Snowflake isn’t the weak link here; the integration policy is.”
ShinyHunters’ statement in full follows:
Rockstar Games
Your Snowflake instances were compromised thanks to Anodot.com. Pay or leak.
This is a final warning to reach out by 14 Apr 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that’ll come your way. Make the right decision. Don’t be the next headline.
FINAL WARNING PAY OR LEAK.
The question now is, exactly what company information was stolen? Rockstar’s statement downplays the leak, insisting the information is “non-material,” and that players and the company’s plans are unaffected. That suggests Rockstar isn’t bracing itself for a damaging GTA 6 leak half a year before the game is due to launch, nor does it believe its future plans will be spoiled.
Rockstar has suffered a number of damaging leaks in the past. In 2022, more than 90 videos and images from an early version of GTA 6 were leaked online by hackers in what was one of gaming’s biggest security breaches. “We take leaks very seriously indeed and they disappoint all of us, it’s really frustrating and upsetting to the team,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in response.
Then, in December 2023, the first GTA 6 trailer leaked on X/Twitter less than 24 hours before its scheduled premiere, leading to Rockstar officially posting the trailer on YouTube early. Rockstar developers took to social media to express their frustration at the leak, which Zelnick later called “disappointing.” “In terms of the leak, that’s always disappointing for the team, but ultimately, I don’t think it hurt us,” he said.
GTA 6 is due out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S on November 19, 2026.
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Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
