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    Home»Grand Theft Auto»City Of London Police arrest 17 year old boy for leaking GTA 6
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    City Of London Police arrest 17 year old boy for leaking GTA 6

    Kyle Evans 🇵🇸By Kyle Evans 🇵🇸September 23, 2022
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    The City Of London Police have confirmed on Twitter today that they have arrested a 17 year old boy from Oxford for hacking.

    City Of London Police, are the police force responsible for looking after the Financial District called the City Of London and not the capital city itself. They are also responsible for investigating fraud and online breaches to services.

    Posting a tweet on twitter, saying they have arrested a 17 year old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking, as part of an investigation with NCA UK.

    Lapsus$, the group that is supposedly behind leaking 90 videos of Grand Theft Auto 6 and hacking Uber, is apparently led by a 17 year old boy from Oxfordshire, who was arrested last year for making over £10million from his hacks.

    Matthew Keys, a verified journalist, has said Sources are saying the kid was indeed arrested for the latest data breach with Rockstar Games and possible Uber

    UPDATE: @CityPolice confirm 17-year-old arrested over hacking incident; source says the crime is related to intrusion on Rockstar Games and possibly Uber Technologies. https://t.co/lLHX2cpGfA $UBER

    — Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) September 23, 2022

    Uber, did confirm that local authorities, the FBI and the Department of Justice are all involved in the investigation.

    It has also been reported that the Police and the FBI are expected to give a statement later today.

    UPDATE: Police expected to give more details on arrest of 17-year-old Rockstar Games hacker later today, possible statement coming from the FBI later this morning/afternoon.

    — Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) September 23, 2022

    City Of London Police release a statement

    Lizard Squad comment on situation

    Remember the hacking group known as Lizard Squad? one of the members known as Vinnie Omari has commented about the arrest on Instagram saying the teenager will be alright and he has passed his lawyers details on to him. Vinnie was arrested by City Of London Police for hacking and online attacks got away with it all.

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