| Risk Type | Consequence | |-----------|-------------| | Legal | Fines or lawsuits depending on your country’s copyright laws | | Malware | Keyloggers, crypto miners, ransomware — recently, fake GT5 torrents installed RedLine Stealer malware | | Wasted time | Most downloads are just .exe files under 200MB (real GT5 is ~15GB) | | No multiplayer | Any cracked version can’t access official online features |
: The file was only 500MB. The actual PS3 game was over 18GB.