alt Hacker NewsThis is not quite an accurate telling of rockstar's reaction, there were actually receptive to it and paid out $10k for the discovery. Though it's an understandable mistake given rockstar's hostile history with the gta modding scene.
See the original post and discussion for the whole story:
https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339
That's not how I remember these events when they were playing out. I distincly remember social media posts warning about the dangers of modifying game files, plus refusal to acknowledge the issue. Note there were 2 full weeks between the blog post and the update mentioning the bounty. I'm pretty sure the massive community outrage in between has played a role in it. But I don't have any sources and I was wrong about at least one thing (lack of attribution), so I'm okay assuming I'm wrong about everything else too.