GTA 6 Leaker has allegedly been found and arrested in UK

From GameWatcher: "Just days after a hacker leaked a monumental amount of data, including GTA 6 testing footage, from Rockstar Games, a 17-year-old male has reportedly been arrested in connection to the crime.

It's being reported from various sources that the suspect is in police custody in relation to the Rockstar hack and one on Uber. City of London Police has confirmed it arrested a 17-year-old male in Uxbridge on Thursday 22 on suspicion of hacking as part of an investigation by the National Cyber Crime Unit. They don't currently go into any further specifics, but the investigation into this case was done in conjunction with the FBI."

[LG_Fox_Brazil]

I am approving, but Dexerto has confirmed that this arrest indeed has to do with the Rockstar hack with the help of Matthew Keys. I already submitted their story

[Orchard]

That was crazy quick. He'll probably get a pretty light sentence in the UK though.

[VenomUK]

But, if Rockstar's servers are in the US you can bet they will try to extradite him so he gets a harsher sentence.

[Binarycode]

Doesn't matter if the Crime was committed in the UK.

[JackBNimble]

Good luck extraditing a minor

[rpvenom]

I doubt he will get a harsh punishment.. the likely thing they'll do would be to discipline him light, give him an opportunity to excel his hacking skills by funding his education in the space further and then force him to work for the government.

[RaidenBlack]

" ... and the kid mysteriously respawns outside the police station after few minutes."

[crazyCoconuts]

Nice

[Knushwood Butt]

He'll get to play Xbox in prison all day.

Maybe GTA?

[badboyz09]

🙌

[northpaws]

Hackers are costing every one money, leads to more expensive games (more resources spend on security), delayed launches, services go down (PSN/Live go down), identity theft (gamers lost their accounts and items), very annoying

[robtion]

Yeah usually but this was a bit different. Kind of impressive if a 17 year old managed to bypass a huge Billion dollar company's security. They should give him a job. Gaol would be a waste of talent and fines don't really benefit anyone worthwhile.

[northpaws]

Give him a job set a bad example, so more people would just start hacking to hope they can pull off something like that.

[Mr_cheese]

Sounds like the industry even without hackers

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

The sad part is his parents will be the one who pays the price. The incoming law suit will ruin his family but I guess he didn’t think about that part…

[LoveSpuds]

Nah, not here in the UK.

[PapaBop]

Yeah unless he gets extradited, he'll likely get 2 years or less. In the US they give hackers more jail time than we give rapists.

[crazyCoconuts]

Depending on how he did it, he might get a job (no, not with rockstar)

[MajorLazer]

Nah, we're more civilised than that.

[jBlakeeper]

Hack anything, but don’t mess with the next GTA. That’s top secret FBI information. 😅😅😅

[Deathdeliverer]

When these kids have too much time on their hands…

[Shane Kim]

I think he is doing something valuable with his time. At least he is learning a skill wich can be used in a better way. There are grown ass men on football games every weekend drinking litres of beer, shouting and what not. That's a waste of time.

[RedDevils]

Video game has nothing to do with age, are you a boomer?

[Flawlessmic]

Whats wrong with enjoying sports and a drink at the same time??

I mean the same could be said about grown ass men playing video games could it not?

[CDbiggen]

Think you touched a nerve there heh.

[Class_Viceroy]

Funny, watch a Golden State Warriors game and the front rows are lined with millionaires and billionaires drinking and shouting during games. Bunch of nerds who started in tech also. But I bet you don’t think of that. It’s totally okay to enjoy competition. It’s called having fun.

The thing is, he’s using his skills and time to do something bad. You’re just assuming he wants to use them for good, which is a stupid assumption when he’s doing something kind of evil. Leaking information and blackmailing the company.

[kikicub]

The jerk needs to rot in jail

[GamingSinceForever]

He is a child.

[EvertonFC]

17 isn't a child, he will face the consequences for his actions and learn the hard way.

[GamingSinceForever]

@EvertonFC since when was 17 not considered a child? Is that not still high school age?

The boy needs discipline but he doesn’t need to “rot in jail”. He didn’t hurt anyone at all.

You N4Gers complain about Rockstar milking the F out of GTAV but then want to act overly sympathetic over them being hacked taking it super personally.

Guaranteed this will still sell 10s of millions of copies and release on PS5, PS6, and PS7.