Cyber gang ‘hacked GTA in multi-million pound blackmail campaign’

A teenager was a ‘key member’ of the cyber-crime gang Lapsus$ that targeted some of the world’s biggest companies including Uber and the firm behind Grand Theft Auto, a court heard. Arion Kurtaj, 18, allegedly hacked Rockstar Games and threatened to publish confidential material online unless their demands were met. Kurtaj stole code and video footage from Rockstar’s development of their latest instalment of GTA as part of the multi-million pound blackmail campaign, jurors heard. ‘This material was highly confidential…