{"id":243609,"date":"2026-06-01T17:22:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/grand-theft-auto-v-cheat-service-gets-hacked-exposing-thousands-of-gamers-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:22:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:22:46","slug":"grand-theft-auto-v-cheat-service-gets-hacked-exposing-thousands-of-gamers-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/grand-theft-auto-v-cheat-service-gets-hacked-exposing-thousands-of-gamers-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto V cheat service gets hacked, exposing thousands of gamers | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlas Menu, a cheat service for popular online video game Grand Theft Auto V, has been hacked, according to data breach notification website <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com\/Breach\/AtlasMenu\" target=\"_blank\">Have I Been Pwned<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stolen data included users\u2019 email addresses, usernames, scrambled passwords, IP addresses, and support tickets, according to Have I Been Pwned, which said almost 64,000 accounts were part of the breach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ironically, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260514141710\/https:\/\/atlasmenu.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlas Menu<\/a> claimed to offer \u201csecure authentication and enhanced privacy through our advanced encryption techniques,\u201d according to its official site, which is down at the time of writing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hacker who claimed responsibility for the breach posted the allegedly stolen data on GitHub. The hacker\u2019s motivation appeared to be revenge against a scammer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The owners of Atlas Menu could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-block block--callout block--right has-green-500-background-color\">\n<h4 class=\"block--callout__title\">Contact Us<\/h4>\n<p>\t\t\tDo you develop cheats, hack video games, or work in anti-cheat? We\u2019d love to hear from you. From a non-work device and network, you can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, or via Telegram and Keybase @lorenzofb, or <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/06\/01\/grand-theft-auto-v-cheat-service-gets-hacked-exposing-thousands-of-gamers\/mailto:lorenzo@techcrunch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/06\/01\/grand-theft-auto-v-cheat-service-gets-hacked-exposing-thousands-of-gamers\/mailto:lorenzo@techcrunch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlas Menu, according to a video posted on its website, for example offered features such as \u201cinvisibility;\u201d \u201csuper jump,\u201d which allowed the player to jump higher than normal; and the ability to fly through the map.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impact of the breach appears to expose users who signed up to Atlas Menu to cheat on the game. Game cheats have evolved into a multi-million dollar business, as professional gamers seek an advantage over their competitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlas Menu is not the first cheat service to get hacked. A popular cheat service for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GlobalOffensive\/comments\/ofsqi5\/one_of_the_biggest_private_cheat_service_hacked\/\" target=\"_blank\">was reportedly breached<\/a> a few years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/06\/01\/grand-theft-auto-v-cheat-service-gets-hacked-exposing-thousands-of-gamers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlas Menu, a cheat service for popular online video game Grand Theft Auto V, has been hacked, according to data breach notification website Have I Been Pwned.\u00a0 The stolen data included users\u2019 email addresses, usernames, scrambled passwords, IP addresses, and support tickets, according to Have I Been Pwned, which said almost 64,000 accounts were part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-243609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}