Grand Theft Auto Online’s PC exploit reportedly allows scammers to remotely alter stats and corrupt accounts

If you’re one of the many who play GTA Online through your PC, here’s a word of warning. There have been reports of users having their accounts corrupted or banned, as well as stats being removed and reversed in-game due to the actions of opportunistic scammers.

These vulnerabilities were patched by the prolific Rockstar Games-focused account Tez2 (via PC gamer).

The user states that it is important that PC players only play GTA Online with a firewall rule (they recommend Speyedr’s Guardian) to protect their wildlife. Or, better yet, avoid playing all together until these issues are resolved by Rocksar.

Over on Reddit, the GTA Online community has a Pinned post where players can find the necessary links to bulk report this issue to the developer.

“Due to a very dangerous exploit that has just come to light, it is currently unsafe to play the game on PC. Neither invite mode nor story mode are safe,” the pinned post reads.

In the meantime, many players are advising to avoid all Rockstar accounts like the one for RDR2, just to stay on the safe side.

Rockstar is reportedly now aware of the issue and is in the process of monitoring the accounts. Eurogamer has requested further comments.

If you are one of those affected, Tez2 suggests deleting the “Rockstar Games” folder from your PC documents and then reloading the game to update your profile information.

You can also contact Rockstar using the link in the tweet below.