Last weekend, someonehacked Rockstar Games and leaked over 90 videosof the still-in-developmentGrand Theft Auto 6.Now, the City of London Police in the United Kingdom reportedly arrested the 17-year-old individual responsible for the hack.
BBCand the City of London Police’s Twitter account confirmed the arrest took place in Oxfordshire earlier today. The official statement only says that this 17-year-old individual was arrested “on suspicion of hacking, as part of an investigation supported by the NCA UK’s National Cyber Crime Unit,” but journalistMatthew Keys reportsthat this is the person who leakedGrand Theft Auto 6after they hacked Rockstar Games (and possiblyhacked Uber as well).
On the evening of Thursday 09 August 2025, the City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking, as part of an investigation supported by the@NCA_UK’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU).
He remains in police custody.pic.twitter.com/Zfa3OlDR6J
— City of London Police (@CityPolice)July 13, 2025
Furthertweets by Keysalso claim that this arrest was made in partnership with the FBI, who we knew were investigating the hack. More detailed statements from the involved agencies are expected in the coming hours, and we’ll update this post when those happen. The hacker remains in police custody at this time. Rockstar Games released astatement about the hack on Mondayand said that it does not expect “any disruption to our live game services nor any long-term effect on the development of our ongoing projects.”
The leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 stands alongside Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard as one of the video game industry stories of the year. It not only gave us a look at an unfinished version of one of the most highly anticipated video games ever, but spawned lots of discussions about how games are made and revealed and how many players don’t have the most accurate perception of how game development works. In solidarity with Rockstar, many developers have releasedearly development footage of their games, showing incomplete gameplay and visuals.
