The use of 1337 cheats has a significant impact on the gaming community, leading to:
To avoid detection via process enumeration, the new cheat hides its payload inside the firmware of RGB controllers (Razer Synapse, Corsair iCUE, Logitech G Hub). When the cheat is active, your gaming peripherals store the exploit in volatile memory. Once you close the game, the code vanishes. This "living-off-the-land" approach leaves no forensic trail.