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Because it's supposed to reach affected users as quickly as possible, and a Steam/ingame announcement is the best way to do that? Slay The Spire made such an announcement when a popular mod was infected, and even though I didn't use that mod, I still appreciated the outreach and care.
Why are you acting like it's such a crazy idea to use broad announcement channels to reach all affected users?
It's not a crazy idea. But it's also perfectly reasonable for the game publisher to not involve themselves with mods.
Well, but they involve themselves with mods quite a bit: https://www.beamng.com/resources/
It's not reasonable when it means their users are possibly affected by this vulnerability without being informed. Even if it's mod stuff, they have a responsibility towards their customers - and it's not like it hurts them in any way.