Image: GTA 6, Rockstar Games.
Rockstar Games has been hacked and the source code of its main games leaked. This is what the specialized American media Insider Gaming reported yesterday, December 25.
According to the media, the author of the hack disclosed the entire source code of GTA 5code in Python for the new GTA 6 and all files relating to Bully 2.
This leak is particularly important because it may allow hackers to identify exploitable vulnerabilities in the source code that would allow them to remotely execute code to penetrate players’ systems.
A leak that could cost the studio dearly
Source code is the design of software in a programming language. When source code is translated into machine language that a computer can understand, it constitutes executable software.
The source code therefore contains all the information relating to the structure and operation of the product in question. This is why the damage to the company can be serious when the latter leaks, because development secrets can be revealed.
Rockstar Games had already suffered $5 million in losses, following a leak concerning files of the same GTA 6 few years ago. Recently, Arion Kurtaj, member of the Lapsus$ cyberattacker group and author of this first attack, was sentenced to forced hospitalization until further notice by the British justice system.
Source: ZDNet Korea