In the days following this week’s massive Grand Theft Auto VI leaks, investigations have revealed more information about the party behind the hack. Rather than a single person, it appears that at least two people—possibly connected to a larger group of hackers—were behind the massive weekend breach. And while Rockstar Games is locking down its social media accounts to deal with the spread of leaked content, it’s now likely that the hackers are being investigated by the FBI. On September 18th on the GTA forums, a user came forward and uploaded over 90 videos showing early development footage of the next Grand Theft Auto game, which is supposed to be GTA VI. The video featured first glimpses of the Vice City gameplay setting, as well as police chases, shootouts, and two main characters. In the days following the leak, Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, attempted to clean the leaked material from the web. Rockstar released a statement on September 19, suggesting that the devastating leak was the result of a hacker who had “illegally” gained access to the studio’s network. We now know that the GTA VI hacker was not one person, but possibly at least two different people. In a new post on the GTA Forums, the site’s staff shared the results of their investigations into the leaker, explaining that based on posting behavior and IP address data, they believed at least two people shared the GTA Forums account, “TeaPotUberHacker “. who published the leaked data. According to the staff update, they do not believe the account was stolen, but instead shared with the two hackers, known as ‘Teapot’ and ‘Lily’. GTA Forums staff note that Lily has been active on Telegram, but they don’t believe Lily “currently owns any of the hacked materials they claim to own” and warn against interacting with them. Transportation app company Uber, which was also recently hacked, issued a “security update” earlier this week, pinning responsibility on a hacker group called Lapsus$. He claimed that Lapsus$ has also, this year, “hacked Microsoft, Cisco, Samsung, Nvidia and Okta, among others”, and is now also behind the GTA VI leak. Uber says it is working with the FBI and the US Department of Justice to help with the investigation. It is currently unknown if Rockstar is also cooperating with the FBI. G/O Media may receive a commission $10 or more Humble Bundle – Starlight Bundle Benefit Starlight Children’s FoundationFor $10 or more, you can help kids in hospital get access to video games—and get some sweet toys for yourself, too, including Lego Star Wars – The Complete Saga. Meanwhile, while the leaked footage and screenshots continue to spread across the web, Rockstar seems to have taken action by shutting down its social media accounts. If you look at his latest tweets and Instagram posts, you will notice that they are closed to comments and replies. This is probably an attempt by Rockstar to slow down the spread of the leaked material, as some fans would likely use replies to GTA Online-related tweets to share leaked content. Kotaku has reached out to Rockstar for comment about the investigation and its recently locked social media accounts.
