This hacker leaked GTA 6 - and launched their own cryptocurrency

**Graham Cluley** (0:04)
He shows himself, he takes his gun, and he sort of shoots the word Leek, L-E-E-K, I apologize to any English teachers who are listening to this, into a wall as if to prove it really is him.

**Paul Ducklin** (0:16)
Leek is a legitimate word. I mean, it's a type of onion. What's wrong with that?

**Graham Cluley** (0:21)
Well, I suppose.

**Paul Ducklin** (0:22)
I mean, cyber onion wouldn't sound great, but cyber leek.

**Graham Cluley** (0:25)
It wouldn't be so good.

**Paul Ducklin** (0:26)
It is a pun, Graham, whether you approve of it or not.

**Graham Cluley** (0:39)
Smashing Security, episode 482
This hacker leaked GTA 6 and launched their own cryptocurrency with Graham Cluley and special guest Paul Ducklin.
Hello, hello, and welcome to Smashing Security, episode 482

**Paul Ducklin** (0:54)
My name is Graham Cluley and I am Paul Ducklin.

**Graham Cluley** (0:57)
Hello, Duck. Great to have you back on the show again.

**Paul Ducklin** (0:59)
Thank you, Graham.

**Graham Cluley** (1:00)
We parachuted you in this week, actually, because that person we were intending to come on hasn't managed to make it. Not that you are by any means a pale substitute.

**Paul Ducklin** (1:10)
I'm not pale at all these days. We've had so much sunshine.

**Graham Cluley** (1:13)
No, that's true.

**Paul Ducklin** (1:14)
As you can see, I've had a bit too much lately of those who can see me on video.

**Graham Cluley** (1:18)
Well, it's always great to have you here.

**Paul Ducklin** (1:23)
This week on Smashing Security.

**Graham Cluley** (1:25)
We're not going to be talking about how Iranian hackers managed to shut down a UK power plant.
You'll hear no discussion of how ransomware crooks silently ripped off his own gang by posing as a recovery firm and pocketed the victims' payments for himself. And we won't even mention how the toxic Panda Trojan is quietly taking over Android phones to steal banking pins and passwords. Now, Duck, what are you going to be talking about this week?

**Paul Ducklin** (1:56)
Well, Graham, if your Smart TV isn't spying on you, what else might it be doing behind your back?

**Graham Cluley** (2:07)
And the tyres are going to be hitting the tarmac as I enter the world of Grand Theft Auto 6 All this and much more coming up in this episode of Smashing Security.
Now, Chums Chums, Grand Theft Auto, it's one of the most successful entertainment products ever made. Duck, have you ever played Grand Theft Auto?

**Paul Ducklin** (2:31)
No, because when I had my own Grand Theft bicycle from outside my own flat, that was enough to convince me that this is not a laughing matter, Graham.

**Graham Cluley** (2:43)
No, no, not a laughing matter.

**Paul Ducklin** (2:45)
I mean, it's more than a year ago. I'm almost over it now.

**Graham Cluley** (2:48)
I've never played Grand Theft Auto.

**Paul Ducklin** (2:50)
I've seen it.

**Graham Cluley** (2:50)
Yes, exactly. I've seen it. I've looked over people's shoulders while they're playing it and it does seem very impressive. It's a huge open world game. It's all about a life of crime. It has earned over $8 billion, billion with a B, since it launched in 2013 It's made more cash than any Hollywood movie. It's still being played by millions of people, more than a decade later. That's really a testament to how much people love this game. Also, it really underlines how desperate people are. Now, some 13 years later, for a sneak peek of its sequel, which is Gta 6, it is going to be finally released, they promise, this November.
Well, Thursday this week, actually the day that this episode airs at 3 p.m. Eastern time, amongst much hoopla, Netflix will be exclusively premiering a first look of Gta 6's gameplay ahead of its official release. So I think the preview will be up for about 24 hours or something.

**Paul Ducklin** (3:57)
Will you be able to play it or will you just be able to watch players zooming around?

**Graham Cluley** (4:01)
I really don't know because I do believe it is possible these days to play games via Netflix. Maybe younger listeners will be able to educate us as to whether that's possible or not.
At the very least, I'm sure there'll be videos to watch of it. People are very excited about this because it will be their first chance to see Gta 6 Oh no, it won't. No, it won't because someone has beaten them to it. A hacker or a group, no one's quite sure, a hacker called Cyberleek has started to drop.

**Paul Ducklin** (4:31)
Cyberleek. I bet that name took months to think up.