“The arrest of the 17-year-old by the UK Police Department for Rockstar and possible hacking of Uber comes after a joint investigation with the FBI, according to sources familiar with the matter,” Keys said in a tweet. .

‘Later this morning or this afternoon’, tonight or tonight Dutch time, an official statement from the British police and the FBI is expected. Officially, Oxfordshire Police no details yet released about the arrest.

Past weekend a hacker published several videos from an early version of Grand Theft Auto 6, which show, among other things, that the game takes place in Vice City and then there are at least two main characters. During the week, Rockstar and publisher Take-Two tried as many of these videos as they could offline get.

Rock Star Games answer immediately after the leak: “Our network was recently compromised, with unauthorized third parties illegally accessing and downloading confidential information from our systems, including footage of the early development of the next Grand Theft Auto. At this time, we do not expect that the live game service will suffer or it will affect the development of our project in the long term.”

The company continued: “We are very disappointed that details of our next game have been shared with you in this way. Our work on the next Grand Theft Auto game continues as planned and we will continue to do our best to serve you, the players, to provide an excellent experience. which exceeded expectations. We will update everyone soon and give you a proper introduction to this game when the time is right. We want to thank everyone for their support during this situation.”

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