Everything that happened in the last couple of months

Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto 5, and GTA Online are currently the subject of heated debate, with the gaming community furious at developers for ignoring genuine complaints. The recent discovery of remote code execution malware on PCs has once again put gaming companies in contention, with fans demanding a definitive solution.

However, Rockstar Games has been the subject of a lot of controversy lately. Since last September, game studios have faced constant challenges from both hackers and players.

After the release of the Los Santos Drug Wars DLC and associated patch in December 2022, all seemed fine, but a flaw in Rockstar’s online service was once again exposed by hackers.

This article covers all the issues and controversies that GTA Online and its developers have encountered in recent months.

GTA 6 leaks, source code disclosure, RCE exploits, and other controversies recently faced by Rockstar Games

On January 22nd, 2023, well-known Rockstar Games informant PLTytus shared a tweet, citing some recent ones. controversy with the company. A user briefly outlined the controversy, starting with a Grand Theft Auto 6 leak to the latest PC hacking exploit in Grand Theft Auto Online.

On September 18, 2022 at approximately 3:26 AM, a user known as “teapotuberhacker” Upcoming game leaked On the GTA Forums website. They claimed to have hacked into Rockstar’s servers and leaked around 90 videos from the in-development game.

The post spread like wildfire, and the entire gaming community, including mainstream media, debated the gaffe. It took nearly 48 hours for the studio to release an official statement, which also confirmed the leak.

While the damage was still minor, hackers attacked Rockstar Games’ servers again, this time directly affecting players. The “Account Theft Exploit” gave them access to his GTA Online crew, allowing them to wipe out the entire team, remove the leader from his position, and remotely delete the leader’s account.

The hackers were also able to silently remove the two-factor authentication security measure from the targeted accounts.

In November 2022, some players also reported that the game randomly crashed and shut down in the middle of their session. The issue initially appeared to be hardware related, but continued to spread to all players and infuriated fans at Rockstar Games.

In the same month, part of GTA 5 Source code It was leaked on GitHub, a popular coding and programming website. This led to another GTA 6 debacle, as the leaker had previously claimed to have obtained and sold the 2013 game’s source code. has disappeared.

On December 30, 2022, Rockstar Games’ popular informant Tez2 reported a new exploit called the “Remote Crash and Kick Exploit.” This exploit can disrupt his PC user’s gameplay in both single-player and multiplayer modes. They claimed that hackers could remotely crash other people’s games without a direct peer-to-peer connection.

The issue is still being debated, and in January a data miner discovered that GTA Online mod users could block in-game reports, confusing players who attempt to report them to Rockstar Games. bottom.

While this was enough to reveal Rockstar’s flaws, a recent RCE exploit allowed PC players to abandon multiplayer games and other online services provided by the Studio.