The people behind the biggest leak in video game history and the hacks behind Uber are being charged in a London Court.
Last year, Grand Theft Auto VI was leaked by the hacker “teapotuberhacker’ demanding to negotiate deal with Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive while threatening to release source codes and test builds. It was also said in a Verge article that “teapotuberhacker” was behind the Uber attacks that occurred that previous week and was allegedly behind the leak of the playable female protagonist of GTA VI.
According to Twitter user Okami13, who posted a Reuters article from Tuesday, two members of Lapsus$, a notorious cyber criminal group, are being charged with multiple charges under the Computer Misuse Act who targeted Uber, Revoult, Nvidia Corp, and many others. It turns out, the ones behind the leak of Grand Theft Auto VI are the ones being charged. Reuters says in their article, “Arion Kurtaj, 18, is said to have targeted Revolut and Uber in September 2022, accessing around 5,000 Revolut customers’ information and causing nearly $3 million of damage to Uber. Prosecutors allege he hacked Rockstar Games days later and threatened to release the planned Grand Theft Auto sequel’s source code in a Slack message sent to all Rockstar staff.” Along with Kurtaj, a 17 year old was also charged with blackmailing BT Group, which is Great Britain’s biggest ISP provider and EE (who is another British provider) demanded $4 million dollars in ransom in July and November 2021.
Prosecutors also alleged that the two hacked Nvidia Corporation in Feburary 2022 and the 17-year-old attacked the City of London’s Police cloud storage. The 17-year-old pleaded guilty to his charges while Kurtaji was assessed by psychiatrists, deeming him not fit to stand trial.
The two face multiple charges of fraud and blackmail, which are all under the Computer Misuse Act.