What Happened
Rockstar confirmed on Saturday that some of its data was compromised in a breach of a third-party provider.
Why It Matters
The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, saying it had gained access to the company's Snowflake instances (a cloud-hosting provider popular with enterprise customers) via Anodot, a cost-monitoring and analytics service.
Key Details
- The group is demanding a ransom by April 14th, or it will leak the data it has stolen.
- In a statement provided to Kotaku, the company said that the compromised data was limited in scope and "this incident has no impact on our organization or our players." It's unclear exactly which data was compromised, but it … Read the full story at The Verge.
Background Context
Rockstar confirmed on Saturday that some of its data was compromised in a breach of a third-party provider. The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, saying it had gained access to the company's Snowflake instances (a cloud-hosting provider popular with enterprise customers) via Anodot, a cost-monitoring and analytics service. The group is demanding a ransom by April 14th, or it will leak the data it has stolen. In a statement provided to Kotaku, the company said that the compromised data was limited in scope and "this incident has no impact on our organization or our players." It's unclear exactly which data was compromised, but it … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Source: The Verge – Original Link
Source: The Verge
