Currently, a new hack is circulating in GTA 5 Online that affects your ranks. So far, there has been no official statement from Rockstar.
The online mode of GTA 5 has recently been heavily plagued by hackers. This primarily affects players on PC. In the last few days, the community has noticed a new hack that apparently can change the ranks of all players in an online session. Your character level instantly rises to Level 250 or higher, regardless of how low your level was before. Affected players should definitely report this to Rockstar to prevent possible penalties.
GTA 5 Online – Suddenly Rank 250
On Reddit, players warn that modders can raise your rank to 250, even though you are actually far from that level. This hack frightens many players, as Rockstar’s anti-cheat system has already shown in the past that it needs improvement in many areas and has apparently banned innocent players.
Players often write in the GTA forums that they were banned after a hacker gifted them several million GTA dollars. Hackers enter online sessions and let money fall from the sky above the players, which is then automatically collected by unsuspecting players in the session. Due to the influx of large sums of money without the corresponding efforts, the anti-cheat protection assumed that the money was earned with money hacks and banned several accounts.
Now, players whose accounts have been pushed to level 250 or higher by cheaters are afraid of these bans as well. On Reddit, user CyborgWarrior points out this method and posts a screenshot of a session in which this method was used.
Another problem with this cheat is that these ranks are not just changed for a session, but remain so permanently. You cannot fix this accidental rank increase yourself.
If you are affected by this problem, we recommend that you open a ticket with Rockstar support and describe the situation in detail. This way, you will be on the safe side if your account is punished. To avoid hackers, you can use solo sessions or sessions with friends that cheaters cannot access.
We hope that Rockstar will soon resolve this problem with a hotfix. As soon as there is news about this hack in GTA 5 Online, we will inform you.
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