Accused Grand Theft Auto 6 Hacker Pleads Not Guilty to Computer Misuse
The 17-year-old hacker allegedly responsible for a major leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 development footage and possibly other resources has pled not guilty to the charge of computer misuse, although they did apparently plead guilty to breaching bail conditions. The teen accused of leaking Grand Theft Auto 6 material is currently being held at a youth detention center.
Recently the first-ever leaked footage ofGrand Theft Auto 6 began circulating thanks to a disastrous security breach of developer Rockstar Games. It's still uncertain exactly what was obtained in the breach, with reports suggesting that the hacker had obtained the source code for Grand Theft Auto 5 and Grand Theft Auto 6. In the aftermath of the hack, many people took to social media pretending to be responsible for the incident, while one individual claiming to be the hacker in question managed to scam a person out of $100,000 in a fraudulent deal forGrand Theft Auto 5's source code.
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A 17-year-old suspect had recently been arrested in Oxfordshire, UK as the result of a collaborative investigation involving the FBI and the UK's National Cyber Crime Unit, and according to City of London detective inspector Michael O'Sullivan, the alleged hacker has pleaded not guilty to the charge of computer misuse. The suspect did, however, plead guilty to breaching bail conditions set by an earlier arrest when the then-16-year-old hacker was part of a group of individuals arrested under suspicion of hacking major companies such as Microsoft. As a minor, the Grand Theft Auto 6 hacker's identity will likely stay concealed.
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