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Andy Chalk

Rockstar hackers release their stolen data, reveal that Rockstar was right to not pay them anything for it

According to Fortune magazine if companies dont invest in educating their employees about security risks they pose the largest risk in the organization. Large investments in security often do not account for user error and other effects of human error. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

A day ahead of its self-imposed April 14 ransom deadline, ShinyHunters, the group that breached Rockstar Games last week and made off with an undisclosed trove of data, has released that data to the public. Members of the GTA Forums (via Kotaku) are now tearing through it, and it looks like anyone hoping for significant insights into Grand Theft Auto 6—or any relevant information at all, really—are going to be disappointed.

Rockstar said in the wake of the hack that "a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed," and that does appear to be the case. Which isn't to say there's nothing to see here, but it's primarily sales and financials, revealing that Rockstar makes a lot of money through its online offerings.

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