The world of GTA Online was meant to be driven by dirty in-game money. Los Santos was the place where with virtual in-game crimes you could reach the top and be able to make millions, if you have just the right crew, weapons and criminal strategy. Although, some of the early in-game bugs and exploits in GTA Online were resolved more and more players are saying that a whole underground network of people was ruling the in-game money traffic via a new, yet unknown network exploit.
However, in the holiday spirit, hackers are not keeping the money for themselves but rather creating havoc by giving tons of in-game cash at seemingly random players. You can find people saying they’ve received six- and seven-figure sums from people they haven’t encountered before all over the Rockstar support forums, Facebook and Reddit.
Although this may not seem as something evil it is destroying the in-game economy created by Rockstar and many players who want to play clean are getting worried that they could receive a ban from the developers. The victimized players who contacted the GTA Online support team have received confirmation that they won’t be receiving a ban and that they are currently looking at the situation; however it is still worrisome as the virtual economy of GTA Online may experience a major collapse.
Moreover, affected players are saying that they’ve lost the motivation they had for playing the game once they received millions of in-game dollars. After all, the main point of the game is to strategize correctly and earn cash through various criminal ways, but once you have millions without doing anything, what do you do?
Will we see a global reset of the GTA Online world and will Rockstar capture these hackers? The irony is that the game is about crimes and finding just the right way to exploit the criminal world, but this behavior should not be tolerated when it is connected with actions outside of the in-game world.
GamerHeadlines will further update you on the story as it progresses.