GTA Online exploit causes Casino Heists to fail
Rockstar Games has disabled the casino heist game feature in GTA Online due to a security vulnerability.
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On Thursday, the previously well-informed user Tez2 tweeted that the planning functions for Rockstar Games' Casino Heists had been deactivated for the PC platform due to an unspecified exploit. The security vulnerability only affects the PC version of the online game. On the Xbox One, PS4, Xbox Series X/S and PS5, the program can be used without restriction.
As TechTimes and ComicBook reported shortly afterward, another exploit was apparently discovered during the troubleshooting process. This could now lead to a more extensive shutdown of game functions on all platforms.
In the past, RCE (Remote Code Execution) exploits have often caused problems in the online world. In RCE attacks, attackers execute malicious code on other computers. In January 2023, a successful RCE attack on GTA Online participants was made public.
Modders often use these attacks to change the character values of other players. Other popular targets include the transfer of clothing, equipment and in-game currency, GTA Dollars, as well as the hijacking of complete profiles.
In the past, it often took several weeks or months for Rockstar Games to fix similar security vulnerabilities with an update, even if the expected patches were announced promptly.
So far, GTA Online players are still waiting for an official statement and a timeline for the duration of the outage. So far, only a warning message with the current restrictions can be seen on the Rockstar support page.
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