{"id":22687,"date":"2026-04-14T07:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/hacker-group-threatens-to-release-grand-theft-auto-vi-data-in-rockstar-games-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:37:23","slug":"hacker-group-threatens-to-release-grand-theft-auto-vi-data-in-rockstar-games-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/hacker-group-threatens-to-release-grand-theft-auto-vi-data-in-rockstar-games-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacker group threatens to release Grand Theft Auto VI data in Rockstar Games attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations <\/p>\n<p>Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto, has been the target of a cyberattack for the second time in three years. A hacker group called ShinyHunters said it would release data stolen from the company if ransom demands were not met.<\/p>\n<p>ShinyHunters initially gave Rockstar a 14 April deadline to enter negotiations, having gained access to company servers operated by a third party.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/apr\/13\/grand-theft-auto-vi-rockstar-games-data-hack-ransom\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e1fd6292b378f4616de2c4e0327d5cf8e39c7dca\/464_0_4640_3712\/master\/4640.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ebd899515cd2dc089fab37382df97680\" title=\"Hacker group threatens to release Grand Theft Auto VI data in Rockstar Games attack\" \/>The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations<br \/>\nRockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto, has been the target of a cyberattack for the second time in three years. A hacker group called ShinyHunters said it would release data stolen from the company if ransom demands were not met.<br \/>\nShinyHunters initially gave Rockstar a 14 April deadline to enter negotiations, having gained access to company servers operated by a third party. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto, has been the target of a cyberattack for the second time in three years. A hacker group called ShinyHunters said it would release &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/hacker-group-threatens-to-release-grand-theft-auto-vi-data-in-rockstar-games-attack\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hacker group threatens to release Grand Theft Auto VI data in Rockstar Games attack<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22687"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}