Contrary to what your self-preservation instincts might tell you, GTA 6 leaker Cyberleek is not hiding under a rock that’s under another rock that’s in the middle of a rainforest with no cell phone service. They’re not even taking extra precautions following Take-Two’s recent subpoenas demanding Microsoft and Discord share information that might reveal the anonymous hacker’s identity. Instead, Cyberleek has decided to publicly share its contact information.
The leaker is looking for advertisers. According to a new “contact” tab on Cyberleek’s website, the merry group is “raising funds through community support and strategic partnerships” by selling ad space on its forthcoming GTA 6 leaks – well, if Take-Two doesn’t turn it into canned peaches by then. Some of the “strategic partnerships” Cyberleek offers involve “custom-made gameplay footage tailored to specific brands (including sexual content).”
Sounds like a business venture with integrity to me; the stolen GTA 6 clips simply fell off a truck, anyway. Cyberleek emphasizes it’s not demanding “a ransom where publishers pay to stop the leeks.” It’s just a shy boy looking for advertisers to send it a ton of Monero cryptocurrency to plaster ads across its copyright-infringing videos, so that Take-Two can more easily figure out who they are and where to put their graveyard plot.
“All pricing, terms, and deliverables are discussed privately over Session,” a private messenger, says Cyberleek. “The Monero transfer serves as a contact fee that guarantees CYBERLEEK will respond to initiate the conversation.”
Clicking a button to “generate contact details” displays a prompt to save your generated recovery password for Session, and then you pay the donation fee: 400 XMR (Monero), which currently converts to about $165,450.
This fee only guarantees Cyberleek will reach out to you over Session within 24 hours. The group stresses that, otherwise, advertisement “deal terms are worked out in chat,” and it reminds interested parties, “You can advertise almost anything. Gambling and adult content are fine. No scams.” No, I’d never think there were scams involved here. It’s all squeaky clean fun with my friends – that’s what handing a stranger $165,000 usually means, right?
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