According to GamesIndustry, the hackers put the material to auction with a starting bid of $1 million USD and an immediate purchase price of $7 million, though it ultimately accepted an outside offer for an undisclosed amount. The company refused to negotiate with the hacker(s), and days later, the source codes were reportedly sold. The hackers accessed the company's internal servers and reportedly pulled the source codes for The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Gwent, and "an unreleased version of Witcher 3," in addition to accounting and administration documents.ĬD Projekt shared the ransom note on Twitter, which said the company had 48 hours to respond to protect its data. In February 2021, CD Projekt was the victim of a ransomware attack. The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 Source Code Things may have worked out for Valve, but according to Gembe's recollection of events, German police told him he was responsible for "damages in excess of $250 million." Half-Life 2 would be released in late 2004 to critical and commercial success. Gembe ultimately admitted to his crime in court and was sentenced to two years of probation. Valve and the FBI took that opportunity to set a trap, convincing Gembe to explain his crime in detail during an "interview." After confessing his crimes to Valve's Gabe Newell, Gembe sent a follow-up e-mail asking for a job. Despite his intentions, the actions were criminal, and Gembe was arrested after falling for a clever rouse orchestrated by the FBI and Valve. Rather, he was a Half-Life fan curious about development progress on the sequel. Unlike other hackers you'll read about on this list, Gembe claims his motivation wasn't financial. The hacker, a German man named Axel Gembe, purportedly shared the code with another individual, who then uploaded it online, according to Gembe's recounting of the events with Ars Technica. We’ll update this post with more if and when they respond.In September 2003, Half-Life 2, then one of the most-anticipated upcoming games, had its source code stolen from Valve's internal network. We’ve reached out to Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive but did not hear back immediately. The game has been reportedly in development since 2014 (GTA 5 originally launched in 2013) so it would be reasonable to expect development snapshots to be from various builds over the years.Įarlier this month, Rockstar rolled the credits from GTA 5 and GTA 5 Online on its website, titling the page “Thank You,” which many took as a sign that it was winding down active development on the long-running and much-expanded fifth instalment in the series to focus more directly on the forthcoming sequel. It’s worth noting that these videos likely show an older build, which some indication they could be from around 2017. They also show gameplay taking place in a Miami-analog fictional city, again matching early reports about what GTA 6 will bring to the franchise. Various clips (many are being removed due to copyright claims as of Monday) from the leak depict both male and female protagonist characters, which does fit with other reports about what to expect in the forthcoming game. The leaks themselves appear either legitimate, or fakes created with such a high degree of attention to detail and authenticity that they have won over what was initially a very skeptical GTAForums member audience. Interestingly, the hacker (who goes by “teapotuberhacker” on the GTAForums) also claims to be the person responsible for the recent Uber hack, and says that they got the video by gaining access to a Rockstar employee’s Slack account - which is the same MO for Uber’s massive breach. The trove of data, which PCGamer discovered via a GTAForums post by the alleged hacker themselves, contains some 90 videos of clips from the game, with debug code and interfaces running and helping back up the veracity of the claims. Rockstar’s next installment in its Grand Theft Auto series could be one of the most anticipated video games in existence, and a new purported leak could offer us our best look yet at GTA 6.
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