Court finds autistic members of LAPSUS$ gang responsible for GTA 6 hack and other high profile breaches

A London court has found two British teens responsible for a spree of high profile hacks, including one that saw the leaking of source code and videos of Rockstar Games’s as-yet unreleased “Grand Theft Auto 6.”

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British teens accused of hacks against Uber and Rockstar Games’s Grand Theft Auto 6

A London court has heard that two British teens hacked and blackmailed a series of companies, causing millions of dollars worth of damage.

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Smashing Security podcast #290: Uber, Rockstar, and crystal balls

Researchers reveal how your eyeglasses could be leaking secrets when you’re on video conferencing calls, we take a look at the recent data breaches involving Uber and Grand Theft Auto 6, and we cast an eye at what threats may be around the corner…

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GTA V Mod Shows (And Cheats) Those Stunt Jump Hoops

While the recent announcement of Grand Theft Auto V for the upcoming next-generation game consoles was a disappointment for those fervently waiting for a successor in the infamous video game series, it shows that after almost seven years of its initial release, the epic title is still going strong — …read more

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Lawyers for ‘GTA: Online’ Get Court Order to Search Homes of Alleged Cheat Makers

Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive obtained a search warrant from an Australian court to search the homes and computers of the people allegedly behind the ‘Infamous’ mod menu cheat. Continue reading Lawyers for ‘GTA: Online’ Get Court Order to Search Homes of Alleged Cheat Makers

GTA: San Andreas Radio Earns Six-Star Wanted Level

[Raphaël Yancey] wanted to be able to jam to Bounce FM and Radio:X all the time, without having to steal a car or a street sweeper in San Andreas. As people who like to put on the sad piano building music from The Sims and write Hackaday posts, we can totally relate.

But this isn’t just another one of those jam-a-Pi-into-a-vintage-radio-and-call-it-a-sandwich projects (not that there’s anything wrong with those). This thing acts like a real radio. All the stations play continuously whether you’re tuned in or not, and they bleed into each other as you go up and down the …read more

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