The hack leaked video footage from an unreleased game. The boy may also have connections to the LAPSUS$ hacker group.
The British teenager is suspected of, among other things, leaking video footage of the Grand Theft Auto 6 video game. Illustration picture. MOSTPHOTOS
London police have arrested a 17-year-old teenager living in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking. The London police said this in a tweet published on Friday morning.
Local authorities have not yet released details about the person arrested.
British technology journalist Matthew Keys wrote on Twitter that the 17-year-old was arrested in connection with the Rockstar Games hack that leaked early footage of Grand Theft Auto 6 and threatened to leak the game’s source code.
The hacker also reportedly announced that he was responsible for the hacking of the US transportation service company Uber, which allowed access to the company’s Slack messaging platform and the company’s website.
Uber said on Monday that the LAPSUS$ hacking group, run by Teinien, was likely behind the hack, which has been linked to hacks at several major companies, including Microsoft and Samsung. The group is said to have even infiltrated US official databases.
Bloomberg’s according to previous news, cyber security researchers traced the hack related to the LAPSUS$ hacker group to a 16-year-old youth living in the city of Oxford at the time. According to Bloomberg, the same British teenager was apparently in contact with another young person in Brazil in connection with hacking.
In April, London police announced that they had arrested two more youths linked to the LAPSUS$ group. However, this did not stop the group from attacking major technology companies and governments.
The hackers of the LAPSUS$ group have not been satisfied with mere information theft, but the group has also stalked their victims through internal messaging services.
According to Bloomberg, members of the group have, for example, blackmailed victims of data leaks through the messaging service Slack and joined Zoom calls to mock people who are trying to repair the damage caused by hacking.