Denuvo Asks Court To Subpoena Discord, Valve, Reddit Over Cracker
If the court grants Denuvo the legal basis it needs to identify voices38, the case moves from an anonymous defendant to a named one, and the outcome will shape how far DRM vendors can reach into third-party platforms to trace a single cracker.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Denuvo filed a lawsuit on September 14 against an anonymous cracker known as voices38, saying the user circumvented its anti-tamper protection for at least 26 titles, including Hogwarts Legacy, Sonic Frontiers, and Pragmata. On October 2, Denuvo asked the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for permission to subpoena Discord, Valve, and Reddit for account details and IP addresses.
Denuvo's investigation has linked voices38 to a Discord user ID, a Reddit account, and seven Steam profiles. The company contacted Discord, Valve, and Reddit directly, according to TorrentFreak, and all three said they would not provide information without a legal basis. Steam disclosure would also cover the account's transaction history.
The suit follows the dispersal of the cracking group DenuvOwO, which had focused on Denuvo circumvention tools. The piracy forum CS.Rin removed links to DenuvOwO releases and expelled some members. Whether the lawsuit caused that is not clear.
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