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Hitman 2’s Denuvo Protection Cracked Three Days Before Launch

posted by martyb on Tuesday November 20 2018, @09:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the Defective-by-Design dept.

stretch611 writes:

According to TorrentFreak, the long-awaiting stealth game Hitman 2 — which comes 'protected' by the latest variant of Denuvo (v5.3) — leaked online. Aside from having its protection circumvented, this happened three days before the title's official launch on November 13.

It appears that a relatively new cracking group called FCKDRM obtained a version of Hitman 2 that was only available to those who pre-ordered the game. While several groups have been chipping away at Denuvo for some time, FCKDRM is a new entrant (at least by branding) to the cracking scene. (Note: The group is not related to the FCKDRM initiative, an anti-DRM site launched by GOG.com, even though it does use the logo.)

It should be noted that the owners of Denuvo released marketing material a few months ago suggesting that even 4 days of protection (actually even hours according to them) is worth the price of their DRM. (However, no mention of -3 days.)

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @02:44PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @02:44PM (#764241)

    Even updated devices will play pirated content. Pirated content doesn't use pirated keys, it uses unencrypted non-drm content. The display would have no way to know that the content was anything other than public domain.

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  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday November 20 2018, @04:05PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Tuesday November 20 2018, @04:05PM (#764264) Journal

    Wait.
    They'll figure that one out sooner or later in a way that the device won't play without likewise being assured that the product is genuine. There will still be analog copy that you will use another device to play.
    It too shall pass. And then pass again.
    Round and round we go.

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