Alleged GTA 6 leaker has been formally charged by police
The 17-year-old arrested on suspicion of hacking and widely thought to be the person behind last weekend's shocking GTA 6 leaks has now been charged with the offenses.
On Thursday, September 22, a teenager from the UK was arrested on suspicion of hacking (opens in new tab), with an emerging report linking the individual to the recent Rockstar Games breach that resulted in over 90 GTA 6 (opens in new tab) videos and screens leaking online last weekend (opens in new tab).
Though the police have not publicly confirmed that the arrest is related to Rockstar's security breach, journalist Matthew Keys (opens in new tab) tweeted that the 17-year-old – who, as a minor, is only known as A.K. – had been "arrested in Oxfordshire for the cyber attack on Rockstar and Uber". He further confirmed that the same teenager was also arrested earlier this year for hacking Microsoft and Nvidia.
Keys reports that he has been charged with "two computer crimes and two counts of violating his bail". It's thought that rumors about the teen being associated with the hacking group Lapsus$ are indeed true.
Teenager charged with breach of bail and computer misuse offences pic.twitter.com/8rQnsPblILSeptember 24, 2022
In an updated statement posted over the weekend, City of London Police (not to be confused with the Metropolitan Police) said:
"The City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on Thursday (September 22) on suspicion of hacking, as part of an investigation supported by the National Crime Agency's National Cyber Crime Unit. He has been charged in connection with this investigation and remains in police custody.
"The teenager has been charged with two counts of breach of bail conditions and two counts of computer misuse".
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