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critical severity April 13, 2026 · ~78 million affected

Rockstar Games 78 Million Records via Snowflake/Anodot — April 2026

ShinyHunters compromised Rockstar Games via a third-party Snowflake/Anodot analytics instance, exfiltrating ~78 million records covering player emails, account metadata, and support tickets. GTA Online and Red Dead communities are directly impacted.

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Data exposed:
  • Player emails
  • Account metadata
  • Payment-method metadata
  • Internal support tickets

ShinyHunters compromised Rockstar Games through a third-party Snowflake/Anodot analytics instance, exfiltrating approximately 78 million records in April 2026. The exposed dataset includes player emails, account metadata, payment-method metadata, and internal support tickets. GTA Online and Red Dead Online communities are directly impacted.

This is the largest gaming-specific breach disclosed in 2026 so far. Leaked Rockstar account emails are the kind of input that chains with other gaming platforms (Steam, Epic, Discord) to enable mass account takeovers. For high-profile RP-server creators and content creators whose Rockstar handle is associated with their public persona, the doxxing risk is elevated.

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