Earlier today, Jogaverso reported that Rockstar might have been hacked by a group known as “ShinyHunters”. The group has a history of cyberattacks on major corporations, such as Microsoft, Cisco, and AT&T.
Rockstar, in turn, has just issued a statement regarding the matter and confirmed that it was indeed the victim of a hacker attack.
“We can confirm that a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach,” a Rockstar spokesperson said in a statement to IGN, even confirming the method the group claimed to have used to access the information. “This incident has no impact on our organization or our players,” they concluded.
As seen, Rockstar did not provide many details about the incident, so we still don’t know exactly what data was exposed. From the statement, we can only infer what wasn’t compromised. However, this doesn’t guarantee that important information wasn’t accessed. In fact, there is a possibility that sensitive data was captured, as the company’s statement lacks greater transparency.
Regardless, all we can do is wait for Rockstar’s next moves, or until April 14th, the deadline set by the group for the information’s ransom payment.
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