GTA Online PC players hit with game-breaking exploit

guest · Jan 26, 2023

By Will Shanklin - January 24, 2023

A new exploit in the PC version of Grand Theft Auto Online is causing players to lose game progress and in-game currency, with some accounts becoming corrupted or banned. The exploit, a “remote code execution,” was distributed through the developer of the North Online GTA cheat mod.
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The exploit can reportedly impact anyone, not just players in the same multiplayer lobby as the attacker, according to BleepingComputer. That means anyone currently online and playing the game on PC is at least theoretically vulnerable to attack. (Console players are unaffected.) Engadget reached out to Rockstar for comment, and we will update this article if we hear back.
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The company tweeted this acknowledgment of the fiasco on Monday.

We are aware of potential new exploits in GTA Online for PC, which we aim to resolve in an upcoming planned security-related Title Update.
If you think you might have experienced any related issues, please reach out to Rockstar Support: https://t.co/Yqqj0SEDwa
— Rockstar Support (@RockstarSupport) January 23, 2023
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A workaround for corrupted accounts, which some players have claimed works, is to delete the “Rockstar Games” folder from the Windows Documents folder before reloading the game. However, we recommend avoiding the PC version until Rockstar cleans things up.
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BleepingComputer: GTA Online bug exploited to ban, corrupt players’ accounts

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Online players report losing game progress, in-game money being stolen, and being banned from game servers due to an alleged vulnerability in the game's PC version.

This alleged vulnerability has received a CVE and is being tracked under CVE-2023-24059.
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Not safe to play on a PC
While Rockstar Games has not issued an official announcement on the situation yet, developers and those in this space claim that the exploit is a "partial remote code execution" flaw and could extend to breaching not only GTA Online accounts but also the security of the computer running the game.
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guest · Jan 26, 2023

Grand Theft Auto 5 exploit allows cheaters to tamper with your data
by Christopher Boyd - January 25, 2023

Yesterday I spent some time helping to fix a relative’s gaming PC. Their gaming data tied to Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTAV) had somehow become corrupted and was no longer functional. I managed to repair the account and restore everything back to the way it was, but this isn’t the end of the story.
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There’s a possibility that my relative has been impacted by a hack claimed to be doing the rounds in GTAV circles. It was said to allow cheaters to tamper with your account by corrupting your game data, altering your statistics, and even changing how much money you have in game. Someone doing this pretty much has free rein to do whatever they wish to helpless players.
Rockstar confirms the bug is real
The last few days have seen multiple unconfirmed reports of something very bad happening to GTAV accounts. Although initially Rockstar made no comment, this is now no longer the case. Rockstar Support has made the following brief statement:

We are aware of potential new exploits in GTA Online for PC, which we aim to resolve in an upcoming planned security-related Title Update.
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An uncertain timeline
There is no estimate for when Rockstar will be able to patch this, so if you’re on PC, you may wish to play something else for the time being. It could cause hours of aggravation for anyone snared by someone up to no good, so hopefully it’s a case of all hands on deck for the megastar game developers and we’ll see the back of this one sooner rather than later.
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