Rickie Lukens

Background

Rickie Lukens is a low-skilled hacker in Grand Theft Auto V who used to work at the Lifeinvader office.

Events of Grand Theft Auto V

Rickie first appears in Friend Request, where he mistakes Michael for tech support and asks him to clear pop-ups from his computer, unwittingly helping Michael plant the bomb in Jay Norris's prototype phone. Fired after the assassination, he calls Michael offering his services. As a hacker he is cheap but weak at first: in The Jewel Store Job he gives only 50 seconds to rob the store, and on his first Bureau Raid he cannot shut off the sprinklers. He improves with experience, and in the subtle approach of The Big Score his traffic-light lag drops from four seconds to none.

Trivia

• He returns as a hacker in GTA Online's The Diamond Casino Heist.