Rockstar Games affected by data breach, “limited amount of non-material information” accessed

Rockstar Games has confirmed it was affected by a data breach.

In a statement to Kotaku, the developer said “a limited amount of non-material information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach. This incident has no impact on our organisation or our players.”

On April 11, a hacking group claimed to have accessed Rockstar’s Snowflake servers through the third-party SaaS platform Anodot, which is used for cloud cost monitoring and analytics.

The specific data involved is still unclear. However, security outlet The Cybersec Guru claimed the breach could include “financial records for GTA Online and Red Dead Online, player spending and geographic data, marketing timelines, and contracts with Sony, Microsoft, voice actors, and music labels.”

The hacking group issued a “final warning,” stating it will release the information if its demands are not met by April 14.

In September 2022, Rockstar experienced a significant Grand Theft Auto 6 leak, which included 90 in-development video clips.

The leaker claimed the videos were downloaded from Rockstar’s internal Slack channel and was later sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

Rockstar reported the hack resulted in $5 million in damages, “plus thousands of hours of staff time.”

In December 2023, the first trailer for GTA 6 was leaked a day early, prompting Rockstar to release it ahead of schedule.