64,000 Accounts Exposed in Atlas Menu GTA V Cheat Service Breach
▼ Summary
– Atlas Menu, a cheat service for GTA V and CS2, was added to the Have I Been Pwned database after a data breach exposed about 64,000 user accounts.
– Exposed data includes email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, support tickets, and bcrypt-hashed passwords.
– The attacker leaked the database on GitHub, claiming it was retaliation against an alleged scammer and that all Atlas systems were compromised.
– Atlas Menu’s website promotes secure authentication and encryption, and Reddit users suggested this was not its first security incident.
– Many Reddit commenters showed little sympathy for the breach victims, as gamers generally oppose cheats for giving unfair advantages.
Atlas Menu, a cheat service provider for Grand Theft Auto V and Counter-Strike 2, has been added to the Have I Been Pwned database after a significant data breach exposed tens of thousands of user records.
The breach compromised roughly 64,000 accounts, leaking sensitive data such as email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, support tickets, and passwords hashed with bcrypt. The attacker claimed to have gained full access to Atlas Menu’s systems before dumping the database on a public GitHub repository. In a message posted alongside the leak, the individual framed the attack as retaliation against an alleged scammer.
Ironically, Atlas Menu’s official website boasts about offering secure authentication, enhanced privacy, and advanced encryption techniques. This incident exposes a stark contrast between the service’s marketing claims and its actual security posture.
According to discussions on Reddit, this may not be the first security lapse for Atlas Menu, though no earlier breaches have been publicly documented or independently verified. Reaction on the platform was largely unsympathetic. Several commenters argued that users of game cheats should not expect sympathy when their own data is compromised, given the disruptive nature of cheating in online games.
Many gamers oppose cheats because they grant unfair advantages to some players, often ruining the experience for everyone else in a match. The incident also follows a separate breach at Rockstar Games, the developer behind Grand Theft Auto, which was claimed by the ShinyHunters hacking group weeks earlier. In that case, attackers exploited Anodot, a third-party cloud cost-monitoring platform, and threatened to publish stolen data unless their demands were met.
(Source: Help Net Security)
