GTA 6 Leaker Has Approval From One Of The Most Famous Hacking Groups
For Take-Two Interactive, the last week has been the equivalent of logging into a GTA Online lobby and being bombed in your own apartment and then tormented by a kid on an Oppressor the second you step outside. That's because of hacker CyberLeek, who acquired an illegitimate copy of GTA 6 and began posting leaks online in the name of consumer rights, tanking the company's stock and reportedly causing tension with Netflix over the exclusive reveal due later this month. Though, of course, it's not really about consumer rights, as these leaks are plastered with crypto ads and paid polls.
This has split people down the middle. Some are cheering on the hacker, as evidenced by the $391,000 in cryptocurrency they now own ; others look on with curiosity at the leaks, picking apart all the unannounced details; and then there are a select few who are going as far as to join in on the manhunt. One such post from X user @KINGJulien15x went viral over the last few days, claiming to have spent upward of 16 hours on an investigation into the hacker, emailing their evidence to Take-Two and Rockstar's legal team.
They've become the subject of ridicule online for this post, labeled "cattle" and a "snitch" by the community. Even the famously decentralized network of hackers known as Anonymous posted a statement addressing this kind of amateur sleuthing, voicing their support for CyberLeek: "There is a wave of 'superheroes' trying to hunt down the GTA 6 leaker. Imagine having zero shame doing free detective work for a billion-dollar corporation that couldn't care less about its consumers."