Today, London City Police introduced they’d arrested a 17-year-old from Oxfordshire Thursday night. While the police have but to verify why, it’s been reported that the teenager was arrested in reference to the latest Uber and Grand Theft Auto VI leaks. The suspect stays in City Police custody right now.

As reported by The Desk and reporter Matthew Keys, the arrest of the suspected 17-year-old GTA hacker by police within the United Kingdom was a part of an investigation being performed by the FBI and the UK’s Cyber Crime Unit. It had beforehand been reported that the FBI was probably wanting into the latest hacks at Uber and Rockstar Games.

A supply advised The Desk that {the teenager} is being held on quite a few prices, together with conspiracy to assault at the least two totally different laptop methods.

It’s believed that the teenage hacker arrested Thursday night in Oxfordshire is related to the hacker group “Laspus$.” This group of hackers is allegedly additionally concerned with high-profile digital intrusions at different massive corporations together with Uber, Microsoft, Cisco, Samsung, Nvidia, and Okta. The group first confirmed up in 2021, hacking Brazil’s Ministry of Health. It was thought the group had gone inactive, however earlier this month it allegedly ramped up its actions once more and focused Uber and Rockstar Games.

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The Grand Theft Auto VI leak that occurred over the weekend was one of many largest online game leaks in historical past. 90 video recordsdata showcasing early improvement footage of the following GTA recreation, which is assumed to be GTA VI, had been posted on the GTA Forums and rapidly unfold throughout the web. The footage appeared to verify earlier stories and rumors that GTA VI could be set in Vice City and would star two totally different characters, a Bonnie-and-Clyde-like legal couple.

On Monday, September 19, following the leak, Rockstar Games confirmed that somebody had “illegally” gained entry to its recordsdata and shared them on-line. It additionally said that this leak wouldn’t decelerate manufacturing on the sport and that it deliberate to disclose it in a extra official method quickly.