GTA On-line PC gamers hit with game-breaking exploit

A brand new exploit within the PC model of Grand Theft Auto On-line is inflicting gamers to lose sport progress and in-game foreign money, with some accounts turning into corrupted or banned. The exploit, a “distant code execution,” was distributed by means of the developer of the North On-line GTA cheat mod.

The exploit can reportedly affect anybody, not simply gamers in the identical multiplayer foyer because the attacker, according to BleepingComputer. Meaning anybody at present on-line and enjoying the sport on PC is not less than theoretically susceptible to assault. (Console gamers are unaffected.) Engadget reached out to Rockstar for remark, and we are going to replace this text if we hear again.

The corporate tweeted this acknowledgment of the fiasco on Monday.

North’s developer eliminated the abusive parts on January twenty first and apologized (their changelog learn “unhealthy judgement on my half for including this public.”) Though GTA On-line doesn’t block innocent community-created mods, these distributing cheats or different hacks tilting the sport’s aggressive stability could face real-world penalties. Rockstar and guardian firm Take-Two Interactive have beforehand taken authorized motion in opposition to cheat makers, together with the creator of an infinite-money hack who was ordered to pay $150,000 plus legal professional charges in 2019.

A workaround for corrupted accounts, which some gamers have claimed works, is to delete the “Rockstar Video games” folder from the Home windows Paperwork folder earlier than reloading the sport. Nonetheless, we advocate avoiding the PC model till Rockstar cleans issues up.