Rockstar now has bigger problems than leaks of its upcoming games.
A person has surfaced who claims to have purchased the GTA 5 source code, and is holding it up for sale themselves.
The GTA 6 hacker, who went through the Teapot Handle online, pleaded not guilty after being taken to a Special Juvenile Court in London yesterday following his arrest. We noted at the time that this hacker may not be the only person being investigated, as the authorities or companies that have fallen victim to the latest rounds of hacks have not shared more information. on piracy.
The rumor today is that before the hacker was arrested by the authorities, he was able to sell the GTA 5 source code, which he also may have stolen, to someone else
These two messages were shared from the private Telegram channel to explain the claim:
Message 1
“GTA 5 Source Code for sale, only serious offers at: @_ – he bought the teapot source code on the first day
He's the one I said bought the teapot source code, he has all the evidence, I even asked him for specific files.
Message 2
“This group is the only group the leaker talked to and he used it to sell gta 5 source code as you can see from the post I'm replying to that's why it was easy to find someone who bought it, the leaker made sure to sell it before he was arrested and it appears to be one of the only people who managed to buy it from Tea Pot. And if my band isn't believable enough for you, I'm not asking you to trust me, CHECK! @__ can prove it, and thanks to him the gta 5 source code is still for sale »
Now GTA 5 and GTA Online has already been hacked. In fact, Rockstar has already established a policy to ban hackers and modders from GTA online as far back as 2015. However, if some of these same hackers had access to the game's source code, they could cause serious damage to Rockstar Games.
GTA 5 is one of their most successful and lucrative games, with its GTA Online proving to be a profitable commodity for almost a decade. It was so successful that Rockstar had to explain why they still had to make a GTA 6 at all.
Rockstar has stated that the GTA 6 leak will have no impact on its development, but that shouldn't be their main concern since this recent hack. Their current profitability is now in question, if it is possible that GTA 5 and GTA Online are now seriously compromised on a higher level than ever before. These games exist on seven different platforms, and the possibilities of compromising users' privacy and information can be fatal for the company and its many partners for this game.
Investigations into this hack are ongoing and this certainly won't be the last we hear about it.
Source: Reddit
