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Stolen Rockstar Games analytics data leaked by extortion gang

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Why This Matters

The leak of Rockstar Games' analytics data by the extortion gang highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in cloud security, emphasizing the need for robust protection of sensitive company and user data. For consumers and the industry, it underscores the importance of cybersecurity measures to prevent data breaches that can impact game integrity and user privacy. This incident serves as a reminder of the growing threat landscape targeting major gaming companies and their data infrastructure.

Key Takeaways

Rockstar Games has suffered a data breach linked to a recent security incident at Anodot, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang now leaking the stolen data on its data leak site.

The threat actors claim the data was taken from Snowflake environments using authentication tokens stolen during a recent Anodot security incident.

They have now published what they say is Rockstar Games data containing more than 78.6 million records.

"Your Snowflake instances metrics data was compromised thanks to Anodot.com," reads a listing on the ShinyHunters extortion site.

Rockstar Games listed on ShinyHunters extortion site

Source: BleepingComputer

Rockstar Games did not respond to multiple requests for comment about the breach from BleepingComputer. However, in a statement shared with Kotaku, the company confirmed that it suffered a data breach.

"We can confirm that a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach," Rockstar told Kotaku.

"This incident has no impact on our organization or our players."

The threat actors told BleepingComputer that the leaked data primarily consists of internal analytics used to monitor Rockstar's online services and support tickets.

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