September 2022General sourceWell documented
The Great GTA VI Leak
On the timeline · around September 2022 ·
What happened
In September 2022 a hacker breached Rockstar's internal systems and leaked more than 90 videos of early, in-development Grand Theft Auto VI footage — one of the largest leaks in video-game history. Rockstar confirmed the hack; the perpetrator, a British teenager linked to the Lapsus$ group, was arrested and later convicted.
Why it matters
The leak gave the world its first unauthorized glimpse of the most anticipated game ever, and became a landmark case in video-game cybersecurity.