The actor who performed Grand Theft Auto 5 co-protagonist Michael De Santa was swatted whereas streaming GTA On-line, however has defended developer Rockstar Video games regardless of fan outcry on the contrary.
Ned Luke obtained a name whereas streaming the sport on November 23 that knowledgeable him his property was at the moment being swatted.
Swatting is a harmful harassment approach with ties to video video games and streamers particularly by which private info is obtained and emergency providers, often armed police, are known as to the individual’s house.
Ned Luke simply received swatted reside on stream whereas enjoying GTA On-line…. guys depart @ned_luke alone…. and Ned attain out to me, i may also help. pic.twitter.com/1Ia2KVq1wP
— Tylarious (@TylariousYT) November 23, 2023
Followers of Luke had been fast to name out Rockstar for its alleged failure to guard gamers’ IP addresses whereas enjoying GTA On-line however the actor refuted these claims. “Y’all leaping to some massive ass conclusions,” Luke stated.
“This had nothing to do with Rockstar. These assholes leaked my non-public information years in the past and have been doing this s**t since. Anybody’s information is on the market on-line if you’re sick sufficient to actually wanna discover it.”
Swatting has been a persistent situation throughout the streaming group for a number of years, with the likes of the Fortnite world champion Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf made sufferer of it aged simply 16. The risks of swatting have sadly been made clear, with police killing 28-year-old Andrew Finch as the results of a hoax telephone name to emergency providers in the US’ first deadly swatting incident.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
