Rockstar Games cites data leak as reason for sacking staff
Rockstar Games cited a data leak as the reason for dismissing employees. The company denied claims that the dismissals were related to a trade union.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Rockstar Games
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Rockstar Games cited a data leak as the reason for the dismissals and denied claims that they were union-related.
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