Who leaked GTA 6?

Two different leakers matter here, four years apart. The answer is clear for 2022 and still open for 2026. The full list of incidents is on our GTA 6 leaks page.

Who leaked GTA 6 in 2022?

Arion Kurtaj, according to BBC court reporting. About 90 early development clips were posted on a forum on September 18, 2022, and Rockstar confirmed a network intrusion the next day.

• Who: an 18-year-old from Oxford and a key member of the Lapsus$ hacking group.
• How: he breached Rockstar while on bail and under police protection in a Travelodge, using an Amazon Firestick, the hotel TV and a phone.
• Cost: Rockstar told the court the hack cost it about $5m to recover from, plus thousands of hours of staff time.

What happened to the GTA 6 hacker?

• 2023 trial: doctors found Kurtaj unfit to stand trial because of severe autism. The jury at Southwark Crown Court therefore decided only whether he did the acts, not whether he had criminal intent, and found that he did.
• Sentence: on December 21, 2023 he received an indefinite hospital order in a secure hospital. The judge said he remained a high risk because he wanted to return to cybercrime.
• July 2026: he was reported to have been moved from the secure hospital to an ordinary prison to await a full criminal trial. BBC cyber correspondent Joe Tidy reported the move, and other outlets relayed it.
• Trial: his barristers’ chambers, Red Lion Chambers, said the trial was listed to start on November 9, 2026 at Woolwich Crown Court, according to Notebookcheck. The outcome is pending, and we will update this page after it.

Who is the GTA 6 leaker in 2026?

The 2026 leaks came from an account called Cyberleek, starting on August 18, 2026. Who runs it is not public as of November 3, 2026.

• Court action: on August 20, Take-Two filed DMCA subpoena requests in federal court in Manhattan, seeking data from tech platforms that could identify the leaker. Whether any platform handed data over is not public.
• Rockstar: its August 26 statement called the leaks “heartbreaking for our team” but named no one.
• The account’s own line: on October 14 it said it would stop posting gameplay and would not release a full build, while threatening to release story spoilers if it were taken down.

How did GTA 6 get leaked?

• 2022: through a network intrusion that Rockstar confirmed, in which an unauthorized party downloaded confidential information, including early footage.
• December 2023: Trailer 1 leaked on social media the day before its premiere, and Rockstar released it early. Our sources do not say who posted the copy; more in GTA 6 trailers.
• April 2026: the group ShinyHunters claimed access to Rockstar’s Snowflake data through the cloud-cost vendor Anodot. Rockstar confirmed a third-party breach of limited, non-material company information. A 24-year-old Amsterdam man was arrested in September; the FBI linked him to the breach, and ShinyHunters denies he was involved.
• 2026 gameplay clips: neither Rockstar nor Take-Two has said how the Cyberleek footage got out, and its authenticity has not been confirmed clip by clip.

The April 2026 data was company analytics that exposed GTA Online revenue, and no GTA 6 assets were reported in it. The GTA 6 release date of November 19, 2026 has held through every 2026 leak. Trial news will appear in our GTA 6 news.