A popular GTA Online cheat and mod menu service has suffered a data breach, reportedly affecting almost 64,000 users.
The data breach was flagged by Have I Been Pwned a few days ago, reporting that the incident occurred last month and was carried out by an attacker who "claimed to have gained access to all Atlas systems." Have I Been Pwned puts the number of affected users at over 63.9k, with breached data reportedly including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, support tickets, and "passwords stored as bcrypt hashes."
Atlas says it "sets the standard for Gold-Tier cheats," which – looking through a showcase video linked on the site – include things like god mode, invisibility, health regeneration, and the ability to spawn weapons and vehicles, with "crash" and "trolling" options also listed. It's a paid service, but it doesn't appear that new purchases can be made on the site right now – whether this is related to the data breach is unclear.
No statements about the breach have been posted on the website, although the home page still advertises its "rock-solid security," allowing players to "confidently utilize our products."
As you might imagine, Rockstar Games and owner Take-Two haven't exactly been encouraging of GTA Online mod menus in the past, or anything that goes against its rules. A couple of years ago, a different mod provider, Kiddions, said that its Modest Menu would "no longer be receiving any support or updates," claiming that some other mod menus "may never work again" after Rockstar rolled out BattlEye Anti-Cheat in a GTA 5 update. Before that, in 2019, Take-Two Interactive filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the creators behind the now-defunct GTA Online mod menu Evolve (thanks, The Verge).
Atlas Menu makes note of Rockstar's terms of service in its own ToS agreement, which says that its cheat menu is "licensed strictly for offline, single-player use," and that "any use of the menu online or in multiplayer contexts is a direct violation of Rockstar Games' Terms of Service." It adds: "Atlas will not be held liable for bans, suspensions, or any negative consequences resulting from unauthorized use."
In this case, though, it doesn't look like it was Rockstar or Take-Two that Atlas had to worry about.
