I think SOJs became currency and the duping problem made them worthless and moved the currency to high runes? But what they did with the anni quest to get rid of the rest of the SOJs was clever
GTA Online had a number of methods to quickly rack up unlimited money when it came out. Not really external hacks, just regular old in game glitches were around. I used it to get a bunch of money in game, and rather than breaking anything, it just made it a lot more fun being able to drive whatever car or get whatever I wanted. Calling up a tank is a blast in a game like gta online! I pretty much stopped playing the game when they patched everything and reset the in game economy and made my character broke and boring.
If I recall it was really easy to do and by the end of the beta like everyone had totally jacked up gear
Of course it all got reset eventually since it was just a beta but I recall it being pretty hilarious to play during that period