Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5's source code was purportedly leaked on Christmas Eve and has quickly spread through multiple Discord channels and dark websites. The code was first shared via Telegram on a GTA leak channel owned by 'Phil' from Lapsus$. Within the GTA 5 source files haul there were also Bully 2 files, information about Midnight Club 5, an early GTA 5 map, and a Python script - all thought to have been stolen a year ago. The leak also includes the company email addresses of multiple Rockstar employees. Screenshots of the leak were provided with the original files.
'Phil' makes his leaking of the files sound like a form of a protest against Rockstar's actions against Arion Kurtaj who leaked GTA 6 pre-release trailers, prompting a case to be filed where a UK judge sentenced him to a hospital indefinitely. He wrote in the Telegram group:
