RIP Denuvo? All Games Protected by Controversial DRM Now Cracked
All games protected by Denuvo DRM have reportedly been cracked due to a new hypervisor-based bypass method, making it easy for pirates to access titles shortly after release. The cracking technique tricks Denuvo into running on a virtualized environment, drastically reducing the time needed to breach protection. Game publishers and Irdeto are working on fixes, including mandatory online check-ins for some titles, to counter the vulnerability. The situation highlights ongoing challenges in preventing game piracy despite advanced DRM measures.
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In further proof that it's hard to ever truly defeat piracy, one of the most controversial game-protection systems, Denuvo, has finally been cracked wide open, with all games it's currently "protecting" now available for free via pirate platforms.As Tom's Hardware reports, a series of hypervisor-based bypasses allowed Denuvo games to be breached in hours, though publishers have imposed new restrictions to try to get around them.Denuvo digital rights management (DRM) software launched with FIFA 15 in 2014 to make it harder for pirates to crack games by acting as a secondary layer of defense. It wasn't foolproof, but it was often enough to stop games from being cracked for months or even years after release, severely limiting the financial impact of game piracy on big game releases.
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