Rockstar Games Breached by ShinyHunters via Snowflake — Ransom Deadline April 14

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ShinyHunters breached Rockstar Games' Snowflake data warehouse through third-party analytics platform Anodot, which held authentication tokens connected to Rockstar's cloud instances. The group demands ransom payment by April 14 or will dump corporate data including financial records, marketing timelines, and contracts with Sony and music labels. Rockstar confirmed the breach but says no customer passwords or payment data were accessed. 102 points on HN. For builders: another Snowflake supply-chain breach — third-party SaaS integrations remain the weakest link.