Rockstar Games gets a taste of grand theft data amid ShinyHunters threat of 'Pay or leak'

ShinyHunters is back, this time pinning Rockstar Games to its leak site and claiming it didn't so much hack its way in as walk through a door someone else left wide open.

The crew's post, seen by The Register, is about as subtle as a brick through a window: "Rockstar Games. Your Snowflake instances metrics data was compromised thanks to Anodot.com. Pay or leak. This is a final warning to reach out by 14 Apr 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that'll come your way. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline."

Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar didn't respond to The Register's questions, but issued a short statement to Kotaku confirming that "a limited amount of non-material company information" was accessed via a third-party breach, adding that there's no impact on players or operations.

The company ...