I'm pretty sure that since people can now build computers in minecraft, that can run sizeable programs even, that running these programs in the game still constitutes running a program on the hardware running the game. 

Therefore that host running the game can be hacked in similar principles to how a host can be used to hack the virtual machines it hosts and vice versa.

From me, this is a prediction, not an estimation of how it will be pulled off.

This is rather an obvious statement.  What is your purpose in posting it here?

When they hacked the east coast pipeline I said nothing, because I live on the west coast.

And by the time they hacked the US meat supply, there were no cows left to speak up for me! 

or something like that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/01/jbs-cyberattack-meat-supply-chain/

Edited June 1, 20214 yr by wtf

These are the modern day equivalent of pirates attacking cargo ships on the open seas. Modernized maritime laws with enforcement teeth are badly needed.