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How do you do MMO’s open source? Wouldn’t it be easier to find exploits?
Security through obscurity is generally considered terrible practice in the cybersec community. It's much better to actually find and fix the flaws than just put your head in the sand and hope no one notices the issues.
Exploits in games and the exploits used by hackers for various other purposes are very similar in nature if less often in effect.
A small or underfunded community of white hats will not necessarily outperform obscurity.