Rin wasn’t trying to topple an industry. He was just a curious programmer fascinated by how a game’s memory worked. However, the forum’s users quickly realized that the skills required to make a "god mode" trainer were the same skills required to remove a CD-check or an early online activation lock.
It has never had a data breach that leaked user emails (unlike Sony or EA). It has never been successfully shut down, despite attempts. And it has never asked for a single dollar in ransom.
The admin, , did what any good preservationist would do: he mirrored. He acquired csrin.org —a neutral, harder-to-seize .org domain.