Denuvo DRM has had enough of Revolt Group and starts legal action with Bulgarian authorities.

[ItsMitch]

S: Crackwatch

 

Quick Summary

• Revolt are specialists in Denuvo DRM removal in the underground scene
• They have cracked tons of Denuvo protected games
• Police kicked his door in and took his website server & personal PCs
• Voksi has attempted to reach a out of court judgement with Denuvo, but that's failed
• He is currently waiting for his court date.
• (Denuvo can't be fucked to fix their broken code so they sue people who crack, that's rather xd)

 

Denuvo DRM has been a thorn in many gamers sides and many crackers have been working hard to release games on their websites with the DRM removed, AKA a cracked version of the game. However, DRM group Denuvo which has faced intense backlash for using shady DRM and bundling it in with games is now had enough of crackers, REVOLT GROUP in particular and has launched legal action with the Bulgarian authorities against Voksi (the owner of REVOLT). His charges are currently unknown.

 

Denuvo issued this statement to the press.

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A 21-year-old Bulgarian man, aka Voksi, from Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria, allegedly responsible for the hacking of a number of games carrying Denuvo’s Anti-Tamper software, has been arrested following a collaboration between Irdeto and the Bulgarian Cybercrime Unit.

 

Following an initial investigation by Irdeto into the hacking of Denuvo Anti-Tamper software, the findings were passed to the Bulgarian Cybercrime Unit and resulted in the raid on a premises in Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria on Tuesday. During the raid, computers and other items suspected to have been used in the piracy of a range of titles were seized by police.

 

“Piracy is a threat that is now firmly established in the gaming industry, and we are focused on securing the content of game publishers and ensuring that hackers cannot distort the gaming environment for personal gain at the expense of other players,” said Mark Mulready, Vice President, Cybersecurity Services, Irdeto. “The swift action of the Bulgarian police on this matter shows the power of collaboration between law enforcement and technology providers and that piracy is a serious offence that will be acted upon."

 

The Bulgarian Cybercrime Unit added, “We can confirm that a 21-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of offenses related to cybercrime and that computing equipment was confiscated. Our investigations are ongoing.”

Voski has since been released on bail and has posted his statement onto Crackwatch (subreddit) and he is actively looking for legal representation. 

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So, as many of you noticed, REVOLT is down since yesterday and redirecting to some bullshit site.

 

It finally happened, I can't say it wasn't expected, Denuvo filed a case against me to the bulgarian authorities. Police came yesterday and took the server pc and my personal PC. I had to go to the police afterwards and explain myself.

Later that day I contacted Denuvo themselves and offered them a peaceful resolution to this problem. They can't say anything for sure yet, but they said the final word is by the prosecutor of my case.

 

Sadly, I won't be able to do what I did anymore. I did what I did for you guys and of course because bloated software in our games shouldn't be allowed at all. Maybe someone else can continue my fight.

 

If you you are a lawyer or someone who wants to fight, or just someone who wants to express his feelings, you can contact me currently over the RVT Discord of personally on Discord - Voksi#3486.

My thoughts:

Get fucked Denuvo and Iderto, this isn't how you sole your shitty problems nor this how you win back the community you've rightfully destroyed. I've never seen such disgusting action in my life from a DRM provider. 

 

This looks like it'll set a shitty prospect for all other crackers. Ah fuck off Denuvo. 

[suicidalfranco]

can't beat em, sue them

[ItsMitch]

Just now, suicidalfranco said:

can't beat em, sue them

tfw you can't fix shitty code so you gotta sue people who crack it 

[suicidalfranco]

2 minutes ago, SC2Mitch said:

tfw you can't fix shitty code so you gotta sue people who crack it 

impressed that it was just a one man job.

[jagdtigger]

15 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

can't beat em, sue them

They cannot win:

[Pyrii]

Covered on TorrentFreak too. Seems he's being questioned etc without representation. The usual way these companies battle piracy, lobby America to put pressure on foreign governments. 

 

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It seems Denuvo just can't help stirring up the hornet's nest. It's going to be interesting to see what the backlash is like.

[TimeOmnivore]

Fuck Denuvo.

 

Unfortunately, I can't imagine that Voksi is going to be found innocent and/or not punished (although I'm completely unfamiliar with Bulgarian law). IMO, you shouldn't be penalized for unfucking games and making them not only run better, but also ensuring they can still be played once the DRM servers go down (an inevitability).

 

Hopefully more people keep fighting the good fight until DRM companies finally concede defeat. It's like they don't understand that putting that shitty bloatware into their games only encourages people to pirate a clean version. Hell, if publishers really, really want to bog down their games with DRM no matter what, I'd honestly be fine with even a half-ass victory where publishers would sell a no-DRM version of their games after like 3-5 years after release or something.

[asus killer]

weird how someone so smart as to crack Denuvo could be so dumb as not to protect his identity, the dude even had a forum. I guess the "social media" generation can't do anything without the "Likes"

 

I don't get the hate at Denuvo, they are protecting their work, it's not their fault Volski decided to be so public about it.

[Liltrekkie]

7 minutes ago, asus killer said:

weird how someone so smart as to crack Denuvo could be so dumb as not to protect his identity, the dude even had a forum. I guess the "social media" generation can't do anything without the "Likes"

 

I don't get the hate at Denuvo, they are protecting their work, it's not their fault Volski decided to be so public about it.

If by protecting their work you mean causing massive CPU usages because their code is shit and everything about them is shit then sure!

[SpaceGhostC2C]

48 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

impressed that it was just a one man job.

I'm surprised he was old enough to get sued.

 

 

9 minutes ago, asus killer said:

I don't get the hate at Denuvo, they are protecting their work

It's very simple: people hate said work.

[ItsMitch]

43 minutes ago, Pyrii said:

Covered on TorrentFreak too. Seems he's being questioned etc without representation. The usual way these companies battle piracy, lobby America to put pressure on foreign governments. 

 

Infamous Denuvo Cracker Disappears, Site Diverts to Government Portal (Updated)

Voksi Retires: Cyberpolice Raid Cracker After Denuvo Criminal Complaint

 

It seems Denuvo just can't help stirring up the hornet's nest. It's going to be interesting to see what the backlash is like.

Questioning him without a lawyer, that's rather ballsy from them, hopefully he can get good representation in court, this isn't over, you don't just kick the hornets nest and not expect an uproar

[Master Disaster]

8 minutes ago, Liltrekkie said:

If by protecting their work you mean causing massive CPU usages because their code is shit and everything about them is shit then sure!

Source please, and I mean actual evidence not anecdotal evidence.

 

It's very simple, it has been demonstrated multiple times that Denuvo has no impact on game performance as long as the developers implement it properly.

 

There's been 2 cases of Denuvo protected games running poorly, one was AC:O which had 3 different DRMs all fighting each other and the other was Sonic Mania which has been attributed to poor implementation.

 

Every other game running Denuvo that has been cracked has shown that Denuvo has ZERO impact on performance. Games run identically with it as they do without it.

 

I thought this whole Denuvo kills performance thing was long dead by now.

[asus killer]

19 minutes ago, Liltrekkie said:

If by protecting their work you mean causing massive CPU usages because their code is shit and everything about them is shit then sure!

it's still their work and they have every right to protect it. It's crazy to thing only work we like can be protected. It's shit but it's their shit.

Maybe if people didn't bought games with Denuvo they wouldn't even exist.

[jagdtigger]

10 minutes ago, SC2Mitch said:

this isn't over

Unfortunately it is :

https://torrentfreak.com/suffocating-financial-power-means-mismatches-in-copyright-cases-180715/

2 minutes ago, asus killer said:

Maybe if people didn't bought games with Denuvo they wouldn't even exist.

Most ppl wont even care, they just stuck their heads into sand and wont pull it out until something hurts them directly. Top it iff big corps trying to  brainwash them so the situation aint gonna improve either.

Edited July 26, 2018 by jagdtigger

[79wjd]

Yep, fuck them for protecting their product.

[D13H4RD]

DRM is not so clear-cut

 

In theory, it should curb on piracy, but I haven't seen any reduction in the rate of piracy since DRM was implemented in droves. If anything, it stayed the same.

 

Yeah, it's harder, but don't underestimate the efforts of black hats.

[jagdtigger]

22 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Yep, fuck them for protecting their product.

Or just stop wasting money on  a whack-a-mole game and spend that money on making a great game. If someone wants to pirate it, they will. Just accept it and move on and find ways to make up for that in a way that wont piss-off anyone. Unlike the failed DLC farce we have lately.

[Brooksie359]

48 minutes ago, SC2Mitch said:

Questioning him without a lawyer, that's rather ballsy from them, hopefully he can get good representation in court, this isn't over, you don't just kick the hornets nest and not expect an uproar

Normally that can get a case thrown out in the US. Idk how it works there but maybe he could get out of it that way. 

[CTR640]

Sure, go ahead. I simply refuse to buy any single game that's riddled with Denuo crap. I buy games to support the developes and got the money for for but if the developers wanna fuck us over with, then fuck them. I'll never ever support Denuvo'ed game.

[pizapower]

That's why CDPR rules.

[Sauron]

That's like a body guard suing their client's murderer

[79wjd]

1 hour ago, jagdtigger said:

Or just stop wasting money on  a whack-a-mole game and spend that money on making a great game. If someone wants to pirate it, they will. Just accept it and move on and find ways to make up for that in a way that wont piss-off anyone. Unlike the failed DLC farce we have lately.

I agree that DRM at the end of the day probably doesn't make much of a difference -- those who pirate still will and those who pirate also aren't particularly likely to ever buy most of the content even if pirating isn't an option. I truly do believe that, if anything, piracy is beneficial to the content owner since you (as the pirate) probably weren't going to pay for the content anyway, but if it's really good then you'll recommend it to others who might buy it.

 

But that's all besides the point. The company that is selling the DRM still has a right to protect their work, and like it or not, having your DRM cracked and the game handed out is bad for business on multiple fronts.

[jagdtigger]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

I agree that DRM at the end of the day probably doesn't make much of a difference -- those who pirate still will and those who pirate also aren't particularly likely to ever buy most of the content even if pirating isn't an option. I truly do believe that if anything piracy is beneficial since you (as the pirate) probably weren't going to pay for the content anyway, but if it's really good then you'll recommend it to others who might buy it.

 

But that's all besides the point. The company that is selling the DRM still has a right to protect their work, and like it or not, having your DRM cracked and the game handed out is bad for business on multiple fronts.

Even the suppressed EU study wasnt able to prove that piracy is causing any damage so set aside those baseless accusations. As for denuvo instead of using a band-aid solution they should get their act together. Their crappy code wont fix itself just because they needlessly ruined someones life...

[NumLock21]

2 hours ago, asus killer said:

weird how someone so smart as to crack Denuvo could be so dumb as not to protect his identity, the dude even had a forum. I guess the "social media" generation can't do anything without the "Likes"

 

I don't get the hate at Denuvo, they are protecting their work, it's not their fault Volski decided to be so public about it.

Can't do it without the likes and without the selfies. Social media, the stupid generation.

[79wjd]

7 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

Even the suppressed EU study wasnt able to prove that piracy is causing any damage so set aside those baseless accusations. As for denuvo instead of using a band-aid solution they should get their act together. Their crappy code wont fix itself just because they needlessly ruined someones life...

That someone also cost them money by forcing them to attempt to patch the vulnerability and by costing them customers who don't want to pay for something that isn't crack proof.

 

Again, you can argue the efficacy of DRM and the quality of Denuovos software all day, but that doesn't change the fact that this person did cause them damages.