Rockstar Games has experienced a data breach, leading to the exposure of a "limited amount of non-material information"

Rockstar Games has officially acknowledged a security incident involving a data breach.

According to a statement to Kotaku, the company indicated that the breach exposed "a limited amount of non-material information" via a third-party data breach, stressing that it has no repercussions on the company or its gamers.

On April 11, a hacking group asserted access to Rockstar's servers hosted on Snowflake, achieved through the SaaS platform Anodot, which assists in cloud-related analytics and expenditure monitoring.

The specifics of the data compromised have not been disclosed. Nonetheless, The Cybersec Guru, a cybersecurity website, speculated that the breach might involve "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 group issued a "final warning," indicating they would publicly release the data if their demands are unmet by April 14.

Previously, in September 2022, Rockstar faced a major leak of content from Grand Theft Auto 6, which included 90 video clips purported to be in-development footage.

The individual behind the leaks claimed to have sourced the videos from Rockstar's Slack channel and was subsequently ordered to indefinite hospitalization.

This breach led to Rockstar incurring damages estimated at $5 million and substantial time losses from employees.

Moreover, in December 2023, the debut trailer for GTA 6 was leaked prematurely by a day, compelling Rockstar to release it ahead of the anticipated schedule.