From what I've heard through a game of telephone, that was almost what would've happened. The latest PS5 firmware exploit was known about by I think failoverflow's crew and they intended to sit on it and then release it after GTA 6 was released but somebody went to Sony to report it for a bounty bag of cash so it's patched in version 14.0. I'm not sure if the bounty bastard was an internal betrayal or someone external who independently found the same exploit.

Unless someone finds a new firmware exploit before the game launches, this was an unfortunate twist of fate. That said there's now motivation, interest, and spite so maybe it'll happen after release sooner than later.