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A recent post by the Grand Theft Auto 6 Alerts account on X has sparked widespread reaction after describing Rockstar’s security as being on par with the FBI and insane. Although the phrase seemed exaggerated to some, old statements by a former company official have brought this description back to the forefront.
Jamie King, one of Rockstar’s founding names in 1997 alongside the Hauser brothers and Terry Donovan from Take-Two, appeared on the company’s game logos from GTA 2 (1999) to Liberty City Stories (2005) before leaving in 2006 and is currently a marketing director at Minutes Network.
In a 2021 interview with Killaz, King revealed the nature of security measures within Rockstar during his tenure:
We treated cybersecurity like the FBI or the CIA, it was completely militarized internally and externally and we watched and listened to everything on the internet.
He explained that the security sensitivity was such that files sent to Sony’s manufacturing plants were handled manually, with him driving them himself to the airport to be delivered directly in California:
“Within two hours we were at the door of anyone who tried to leak … and it was over.
He also referred to the close monitoring of ransomware attacks on the gaming industry, citing what happened with Cyberpunk 2077, emphasizing that Rockstar does not compromise on this aspect.
Despite this strict image, GTA 6 was subjected to a large leak in 2022, just one year after the interview, but it is important to put things in context, as King was talking about an experience that goes back more than a decade, while the 2022 leak came within a complex security incident involving other tech companies and culminating in official intervention by the FBI.
When the GTA 6 Alerts account was asked about the current situation, the response was that Rockstar may have even hired private investigators to bolster its security system.
