Rockstar Games disclosed that hackers compromised its Snowflake cloud instances through a third-party integration (Anodot, a cost-monitoring service). ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and is demanding ransom by April 14th, threatening to leak corporate data including financial records and contracts with Sony/Microsoft. Rockstar states the breach is limited in scope with no impact on player operations.
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Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’
Third-party cost-monitoring tool Anodot exposed Rockstar's Snowflake instances to ShinyHunters, who are demanding ransom by April 14th for corporate data including Sony/Microsoft contracts.
Sunday, April 12, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The VergeBY sys://pipeline
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