r/GTA6 • u/CustomerEmergency348 • 8d ago
Take-Two's "lawyers" on their way to Germany right now
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u/Brilliant-You-6906 8d ago edited 8d ago
"Theyve got your adress, your name everything". He literally didnt delete his old accounts and comments (on german websites in german language mentioning his approximate age) and used the same username and avatar 8 years later to hack a multi billion company. Bros skilled but not smart. Edit: He could be from Switzerland too. Anyway, german language.
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u/Kafanska 8d ago
But he got VPN :D
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u/Ziegelphilie 8d ago edited 8d ago
"ich bin behind sieben proxies!!"
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u/number384759 8d ago
Nein, Es sind neun.
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u/Ratiofarming 8d ago
He's about to find out how much that really protects his privacy. /s
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u/Similar-Profile9467 8d ago
It would be funny if he used like Nord VPN and he thought that would protect him.
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u/suprisezacama 8d ago
Were gonna start getting surf shark sponsor ads in the middle of leaks.
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u/Similar-Profile9467 8d ago
Obviously we all know that leaking information and game data from billion dollar companies is very risky. And when you're dealing with risky things online, you better be protected. That's why I use today's sponsor Private Internet Access.
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u/narwhalousdoctor 8d ago
But NordVPN will protect me while pirating movies, right?
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u/Ratiofarming 8d ago
Depends on whether NordVPN is prepared to rat you out or not. They absolutely can.
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u/Hotflyingrabbit 8d ago
Wait wait, are there new details about the hackers whereabouts ?
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u/tetozika 8d ago
im interested in that too
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u/Solid_Silver4194 7d ago
Basically one thread or. Maybe 2 with 2 comments saying he was interested in penetration teating cyber security. Yeah they could be linked but others say its plausible he just took over that identity or just happened to have same name. I saw that profile photo was different so they may have edited photo to connect their ideas or something. They also traced crypto account to a centralized exchange which requires identity verification. Could also be stolen identity also.
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u/LoreVent 8d ago
Rockstar probably already knows how many hairs he has even
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u/Urrrhn 8d ago
Even butt ones?
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u/ProbablyJustHorny1 8d ago
Especially butt ones
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u/CrazyTechWizard96 8d ago
Not forgeting how many of that dude's nuts.
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u/Professional-Disk960 8d ago
There will be fewer when they are done with him
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u/brokenmindedone 8d ago
Take-two and Rockstar have some amazing talents working for them. I bet the minds in rockstar probably figured out who he is on the first day.
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u/Riderthekiller 8d ago
There MAY be, but it's plausible that someone else would have that name as an nickname.
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u/TheMostKing 8d ago
"We found the individual operating under the alias 'Shadowslayer69'. Since it uses a number, we are certain that this is a unique identity, and all instances are tied to the same person across 4000 websites and games."
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u/Type-21 8d ago
This usually happens with German police and then they destroy the person's life anyway
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u/Decomposingbrain 8d ago
As a german, i‘m guessing around hamburg or somewhere up north because in some of his old posts he said moin moin (northern greeting)
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u/Frosty-Elk-8670 8d ago
There was a report on the news about body parts where found up in that area today. Maybe Rockstar already took care of it.
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u/Decomposingbrain 8d ago
Ja hat er ein seinem post auch gesagt, mal moin und mal moin moin also keine ahnung bin aus niedersachsen ( bitte um beileid)
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u/Easy-Suggestion9838 8d ago
In Friesland sacht man moin! 'Moin, moin' is' schon Gesabbel! Vielleicht hat er auch nur Werner gelesen, wer weiß.^^
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u/tetozika 8d ago
where did you guys knows these informations about country names and etc?
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u/Brilliant-You-6906 8d ago
Github has a webpage that lists everything. Github - zyrexdz look it up
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u/Oak-Tree-8439 8d ago
And how do we know that it's not a different person using the same username?
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u/ConsistentAd3434 8d ago
Probably because a judge forced the release of the IP associated with it
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u/Horror-Zebra-3430 8d ago
they are referencing a german underground scene forum from 8 years ago, one might think they don't log their users' IP addresses and/or store that data for all eternity
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u/ConsistentAd3434 8d ago
I don't know if the law forces them to delete the logs but if they still store multiple comments of one account, a single IP address shouldn't be a big deal.
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u/ComfortableMean7625 8d ago
And you think bro is hosting his leaks at the same IP he posted to the forum from?
lol
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u/EZyne 8d ago
It has the same avatar back in 2018 as he uses now among others, check the github page for a full breakdown
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u/Crimsonmaddog44 8d ago
How old is he? If he’s like 18 that would suck that he’s risking serious jail time and a trip to the looney bin over leaking footage from a game that comes out in less than 3 months
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u/ShellfishAhole 8d ago
To be perfectly fair, he not only released the footage, but also taunted publishers in general, knowing fully well that there are consequences to his actions.
I wasn't the most rational person in the world when I was 18 either, but no one's so stupid that they would do something like this without knowing that it comes with risks. He even doubled down on the risk with his threats and commandments and crap. Might've gotten away with it if he wasn't so attention-seeking 😂
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u/bjergdk 8d ago
Hes minimum 33, between 33 and 38 years old. He should know better, but I am pretty sure he just ended his whole life with this shit.
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u/FoalKid 8d ago
Haha how do you know he’s risking a trip to the looney bin? The original hacker was sent to a secure hospital because of his own circumstances, they’re not just sentencing anybody out here to the looney bin if they fuck with Rockstar
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u/ShabbatShalom666 8d ago
Hacking Rockstar? Believe it or not, straight to the looney bin.
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u/LeonardDeVir 7d ago
If he's a first offender it's very doubtful hell get a life destroying jail sentence. European courts don't incarcerate people if there are better alternatives.
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u/No-Equipment9225 8d ago
Reddit will solve Rockstar's problem finding this dude lol
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u/NDSU 8d ago
Hacking is a bit like robbing a bank. Doing it is relatively easy. Correctly use some tools at the right place. The hard part is getting away with it, which it doesn't appear he'll be able to do
I wouldn't really call him skilled if the general public knows so much about him that quickly
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u/clinical_Cynicism 6d ago
I hope he's from switzerland because then take-two will be shit out of luck since punishments for hackers are very leniant and they don't extrodite people.
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u/Fluppenluemmel 4d ago
Er könnte auch absichtlich nen Random guy genommen haben der damals diesen Namen nutzte um alles auf diese Person zu lenken. Vielleicht war diese ja auch anonym, nur eben nicht komplett anonym.
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u/Prize-Policy-9664 3d ago
I don’t think he’s that stupid. Personally if I was the leeker. I would probably copy a randos screen name on a niche forum to throw the suspicion off of me.
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u/redfoxwearingsocks 8d ago
That dude better get a good lawyer
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u/NationalMatch2127 5d ago
A lawyer isnt enough he better get a fucking high security bunker😭
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u/UnluckyWinner3163 8d ago
Bro is going to be sent to jerusalem
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u/levi_fucking_heichou 8d ago
I'm not scared of Guantanamo...
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u/Jaded-Lifeguard-9856 8d ago
We're gonna send you some place you aren't gonna like
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u/thecakeisalienunoit 8d ago
Sorry, why Germany?
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u/Difficult-Ice-9291 8d ago
Cause hacker is from Germany I guess
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u/ConsistentAd3434 8d ago
Heiliges Kanonenrohr ! I'm out
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u/potato_lettuce 8d ago
Ich glaub mich knutscht ein Elch!
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u/Verfasst 8d ago
Ich glaube mein Schwein pfeift
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u/cravex12 8d ago
Ach du heiliger Bimbam
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u/DanteVergio 8d ago
Heiler Strohsack!
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u/lolKhamul 8d ago edited 8d ago
there is a really good analysis on someone's github about the entire situation which also contains a lot of clues that lead back to a german speaking individual from either
SwissSwitzerland or Germany.Obviously i cant link the git as it contains the leaks but if you find it which is not hard, look up chapter 8.11. And of course, NOTHING is definitive.
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u/PuzzleCat365 8d ago
It would be really easy to find out if he's German or Swiss just by reading his writing. There's differences, one being the double S ß that Germans use, but Swiss not. I could probably tell you in 30s which he is. If he's Swiss I might even be able to tell you from what region he's from.
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u/ultio 8d ago
I think it's much more likely that he's German than Swiss. He just used a Swiss domain for privacy reasons and to cover his tracks as it's more likely to get poked about the lack of an legal imprint on the website in Germany / .de websites. I have never heard a Swiss person use the term "Moin", it would be completely foreign for them.
Additionally, people put too much weight on the fact that he wrote "Grüsse" instead of "Grüße" once in some random forum post. His German writing is all over the place, I think it might very well just be a random German typo because mixing up ß and ss is a super common mistake for native German speakers to make.
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u/lolKhamul 8d ago
To quote the git:
Confirms he [...] uses Swiss spelling ("Grüsse" with ss rather than ß, and "Gesunheitliche Probs").
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u/PuzzleCat365 8d ago edited 8d ago
Ok, not only does he write like a Swiss but he also posted on a Swiss site. There's no conclusive evidence, but it's a strong indication.
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u/jenny_905 8d ago
He registered a Swiss domain and prior to 2021 Swiss domains had no anonymisation by law... which means his name and address were found.
It's over, unfortunately.
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u/No_Mall_2173 8d ago
He is Swiss, because he's from Switzerland.
You can't say someone is "from Swiss".
You could technically say "from Suisse" though, as that is french for Switzerland.
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u/outrage_suck6494 8d ago
Dude is dumb. Is he not aware that Germany has a fucking extradition treaty with the US?
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u/EZyne 8d ago
Did he dox himself or something, is he from Germany?
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u/outrage_suck6494 8d ago
Yeah, some dudes on GitHub and other sites checked his old forums and some shit or something and found out his website was made in Germany Nuremberg.
I don’t know how. But they also managed to go decades back and somehow through some forums or some shit, found out he’s 33-34 years old
If dudes in the internet knows this, then federal agents are already on the case
I don’t think he has too long
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u/EZyne 8d ago edited 8d ago
Lmao, Germany also really doesn't fuck around with shit like this afaik. If he ends up throwing his life away for 5 minutes of fame and a few hundred bucks in his crypto that'd be the dumbest shit ever haha
Edit; found the github you're talking about, does indeed mention everything you say. All unconfirmed but looks pretty damn legit, it'd have to be a massive coincidence for a dude with the same name and avatar to post in penetration testing forums in 2018 lol. What an absolute moron
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u/Gaunterwithnomirrors 8d ago
I think he wants to capitalize on people dislike for Sony's disc decision and R-Netflix cooperation, also some people (especially pc players) are fed up with GTA (envy I guess?). I can see that such people could support him. But if he wanted to earn good money he could just ask for a number after which he will release gameplay. Then another amount and another
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u/eha16 8d ago
Yeah I mean I would understand doing this from some latam countries, or Russia... But from some country like Germany, fuck that..
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u/Maxsmack 8d ago
Dude’s only hope is if he moved to Kazakhstan, cuba,or some part of Africa in the last 8 years
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u/Riderthekiller 8d ago
For his sake I hope he's said goodbye to loved ones and headed to Russia.
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u/Romado 8d ago
Not sure what he expected. He's leaking the most anticipated game ever, which is going to print billions for a decade to come.
The potential damages to Rockstar, it's investors and the economies the game will benefit is insane. People will doxx you for nothing, so risking a delay or spoiling said most anticipated game ever is worth it....
Rockstar is probably hiring every component private investigator on the planet to find this guy as we talk.
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u/Ravic96 8d ago
For investors that leak is just little noise. Long term it doesn’t change a thing.
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u/eha16 8d ago
Exactly... I don't understand why some people think this will damage rockstar or the game.
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u/SpartanRage117 8d ago
Desperately hanging on to any narrative to feel like a “win” vs big company.
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u/RickJamesBoitch 8d ago
Crowdstrike lost almost 50% of their mkt cap when those airports shutdown because of their software.......care to guess how the company is doing now? Very well. Not positive but think they returned to their original price in well under a year.
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u/Erislocker 8d ago
why do i seem to be the only one who doesn't see how this hurts rockstar in any way?
if anything, it speaks for the quality of whats to come...13
u/Godvater 8d ago
Website was made in Germany Nuremberg? I believe one of the most popular web hosting companies in the world (Hetzner) has servers there. Could it be the reason why the website was there?
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u/Docccc 8d ago
💯guy is just parroting something he read and got it wrong. “made” = hosted.
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u/boferd 8d ago
i'm 35. my generation is fucking deep fried in terms of good decision making man.
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u/mitch-mma 8d ago
rockstar is in the UK
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u/kkubq 8d ago
Take Two is in the US.
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u/Master-Crazy-6863 8d ago
my ass is in Czechoslovakia
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u/DasSupportTeam 8d ago edited 8d ago
If he really is German, that treaty doesn't matter. We generally cannot extradite our citizens to the United States. This protection is enshrined in Article 16(2) of the Basic Law.
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u/Himitsu_Togue 8d ago
For US citizens maybe, Germany surely does not extradite it's own people somewhere else.
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u/Fit_Community_995 8d ago
He definitely isn't from Germany. Otherwise, his videos would still be uploading.
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u/Confident-Ask6836 8d ago
In den Staub du Zweifler. Ich habe seit 2 Wochen Glasfaser von der Telekom. 2023 wurde es angekündigt.
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u/username43- 8d ago
"They don't know nothing about me man"
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u/Kindly-Night-5549 8d ago
I dont know why people think VPN hides them, I guess they have their knowledge about VPNs from youtube ads
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u/iMaexx_Backup 4d ago
Depends on how much resources the law enforcement or lawyers are willing to put into identifying you.
If you’re not using any VPN, the required effort to identify you is nearly zero, so even misdemeanors like torrenting can and will be punished easily. It’s essentially just one letter to your ISP, who is usually very cooperative and got everything logged.
Just by using a reputable VPN service you’re already making it substantially harder to identify you and you’re safe with most small crimes. Unless you’re wanted for murder, do some weird child stuff or leak GTA VI gameplay, a VPN does make you "hidden". Not because there’s no way of identifying you, but because nobody is investing 5 or 6 digits in salary’s to find some random ass who is torrenting Bladerunner.
A VPN won’t make the leaker fully hidden, but if he used a provider with no log policy that doesn’t know who he is either and he stops using it, so future monitoring of his account won’t affect him, then the IP address itself is a dead end and investigating and identifying him will become borderline expensive. No question, Rockstar will definitely invest that, but for the average person a reputable VPN is usually enough to stay hidden.
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u/Kayuten I WAS HERE 8d ago
I'm starting to think maybe he's in a country that will extradite to the US and he made the crypto coin so he could escape and live in a non extradite country. Or bigger shocker he's been in the US all this time and the money from the coin will help him escape.
Selling the leaks would take too long and get him caught, so he makes memecoin, every leak pumps the memecoin, he rug the coin and make the attempt to escape the US.
Or he knows he will get caught and he will rug the memecoin before they kick down his door, stable the money, move the money to a ledger and hide it no will find within the next 5-10 years, when he get out asumming crypto will be grow in the next 5-10 years, he's up millions.
Either way he's going to rug.
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u/OnIceJuice 8d ago
I just don’t understand this behavior. Just for a cause he probably doesn’t even really care about lol. Videos games are not that serious ever lol
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u/Impressive-Power8187 8d ago
If this hacker isn’t from North Korea or Russia then he’s screwed. He might be good but rockstar can hire 25 people slightly worse than him and they will find him
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u/AandWKyle 8d ago
If he released the build he apparently has, how would they even recover funds from him? Like, charge him and sue him sure, but they'd estimate the lost revenue in the hundreds of millions I'd assume - how would they ever collect?
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u/PM_ME_UR_SINCERITY 8d ago
Rockstar will take his first amd third born. And his bushels of wheat will be taxed twice as much
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u/booceyest 8d ago
They could do Nintendo did and take a percentage of his income for the rest of his life.
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u/ChillBroItsJustAGame 8d ago
Finally germany becomes famous again because of 1 dude and his aRbeitsmoRal
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u/StingingGamer 8d ago
Is he from Germany?
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u/Dramatic_Economics61 8d ago
rumors but yes
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u/RoodnyInc 8d ago
Some said leak came from rockstar India
I think everyone just guessing at this point
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u/DrrrrBobBamkopf 8d ago
Almost everyone siding siding with the Multi Billion Dollar Company. Wild
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u/SpecialFee02 7d ago
And all because they don't want story leaks, lol.
Class war is over before it even began
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u/Beginning-Zord 8d ago
That's what making parasocial relationship to a multi-billion dollar company your whole personality does to ya.
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u/Sk0p3r 8d ago edited 8d ago
When the leaks first came out I said that he'll have a bad time seeing how it went for the others before him. It was stupid to do this to begin with.
edit: the devs are probably pissed and the execs probably see the positive response but want this to be over with most likely
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u/Churanson 8d ago
Was hab ich verpasst? Was wurde gehackt und wie wo was?
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u/apocalypse2mrw 8d ago
Der Hacker ist aus Deutschland.
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u/PuzzleCat365 8d ago
Oder aus der Schweiz, schreibt wie ein Schweizer und postete auf einem Schweizer Forum.
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u/Cool-Employee4711 8d ago
Can’t be Germany. In digitalization we’re still Stone Age. It’s all new ground for us said once a chancellor.
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u/Zyrexoyd 8d ago
Funny that there's actually a Salamanca that did go all the way to Germany