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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.)
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday November 21 2018, @04:53AM
Sad to see what's happening to Denuvo. Because they did something so dumb. They said, "oh, let's save money. By not having Systemd. And our cyber will be just as safe as the other guys'." Well, it wasn't safe. Because they got hacked very badly. And it could have been China, could have been Russia, could have been a fat guy on his bed. He eats too much, he exercises too much, he's seriously overweight, this guy is a TOTAL SLOB. And he's having trouble sleeping. So he hacked them four ways to Sunday.
It's happening to so many of our Companies. Very sad situation. So I'm very proud that I signed -- and it was a beautiful signature, believe me -- the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act. Otherwise known as CISA Act. Creating our Cyber Space Force. Beautiful new agency, separate but equal. Very strong move to protect our incredible cyber. 100%!!!!