With more and more footage from Grand Theft Auto 6 being leaked ahead of release, Rockstar has started taking drastic measures to track down the infamous hacker group that just found a brand-new way to profit from their exclusive leaks.
As spotted by The Game Post, the official CyberLeek page is now selling “premium advertising space” where you can place whatever watermark or footage you want in future leaks. Users can also pay for “exclusive content opportunities” where you can request any sort of gameplay footage you’re most interested in seeing, albeit with an incredibly steep price of over $162,000 in the form of XMR crypto.
CyberLeek Keeps Finding New Ways To Profit From GTA 6
While the $162,000 price tag might seem steep on its own, this is only the asking price to even start a conversation with CyberLeeks in the first place through the Monero crypto trading platform, with the negotiation bid being a fraction of how much it would actually cost for a product placement or footage request.
Even though it might seem ridiculous, CyberLeeks has already reportedly made over $60,000 in the past week alone from the leaks, with a whopping $390K of value from the cryptocurrency advertised over each of the leaked footage in their digital portfolio. This amount also pales in comparison to the several billions Rockstar lost in stock value as a result of the reveals.
Everything You Can Get For CyberLeek’s Massive Fee
While it’s hard to imagine any legitimate company would ever take a risk to advertise themselves through the leaks and face Rockstar’s wrath when they are hot on the heels of the group, there’s bound to be someone out there willing to pay CyberLeeks’ exorbitant fee. Exactly what anyone brave enough to buy in can expect to get in exchange will supposedly come in the following forms:
- “Ad placements like watermarks”
- “Custom gameplay footage tailored to specific brands (including sexual content)”
- “Specifically requested gameplay features”
CyberLeeks also claimed that the pricing model “isn’t a ransom where publishers pay to stop the leaks,” but merely a way to profit off the reveals while still sharing footage from the unreleased product.
With the leaker seemingly getting bolder by the day, only time will tell if Rockstar’s frustrated management team will be able to catch the individuals behind Grand Theft Auto 6‘s latest leaks, and how long it will take.
