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by jeoqn 1237 days ago
Little reason to attack the game? How about knocking your enemies offline? Or getting their game or real money? Or recruit them for your DoS botnet? Because that’s what an RCE allows you to do…
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Suppose it takes you six months to figure out an RCE for PowerWash Simulator. Yay, if you can find another player you can really pwn them now. Wait, how will you find a player to victimise? Nobody was looking for multiplayer PowerWash Simulator a month after it came out, let alone six months.

GTA V has been around for ten years but still has a huge player base and that's what makes this practical.