Uber has come out and said it is cooperating with the FBI and the US Department of Justice in an investigation into the hacker. The ride-sharing company has acknowledged reports that the hacker has claimed to be behind both the Rockstar Games and Uber hacks. At this time, Rockstar Games has not provided any additional information outside of its initial comment released on Monday morning. “We believe this attacker (or attackers) is connected to a hacking group called Lapsus$, which has been increasingly active over the last year,” Uber’s statement said. “This group commonly uses similar techniques to target tech companies and in 2022 alone breached Microsoft, Cisco, Samsung, Nvidia and Okta, among others. There are also reports over the weekend that this same actor breached the manufacturing company video game developer Rockstar Games. We are in close coordination with the FBI and the US Department of Justice on this matter and will continue to support their efforts.” Whether or not anything will come of this remains to be seen. Given the severity of these hacks, the effect it had on the share prices of the associated companies and more, the current and potential damage is no laughing matter. Rockstar Games noted that it will be talking more about Grand Theft Auto VI soon, but it’s unclear what the company defines as “soon.” What do you think about the Rockstar Games hack? Let me know in the comments or let me know on Twitter @Cade_Onder. [H/T IGN]
