It’s been a crazy week for pirate Stay away from video game studios private files And Use of publisher services for their own benefit. But this time it is a large studio accused of piracy. a group of Fate 2 Cheaters are suing Bungie for hacking into one of their computers. They’re asking for a jury trial, damages, legal costs, and Bungie for destroying the files he got through the hack.
AimJunkies is a website that sells cheat software for first-person shooters like top legends, The battlefield series, Counter Strike: Global Attack, And Fate 2. It is owned by the Phoenix Digital Group, which is battling Bungie’s copyright litigation. since last year.
As it was originally spotted sel monsterThe countersuit Allegations that Bungie viewed and downloaded the files to the PC of defendant James May, whom Bungie claims was a third-party cheat developer, without “knowledge or authorization” between 2019 and 2021. As evidence, the defendants referred to a disclosed Bungie production document During ongoing lawsuits, with file location names taken from May’s hard drive. Kotaku He contacted the Phoenix Digital Group to inquire regarding the contents of the hacked files, but had not received a response as of press time.
Phoenix Digital Group has argued that Bungie used the obtained information to “perform additional monitoring” of the group and cites the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the lawsuit. sel monster mentioned Its 2019 User Agreement Fate 2 Bungie did not allow access to players’ personal files. Kotaku It has reached out to Bungie for comment, but has not received a response as of press time.
Phoenix Digital Group also claims that a Bungie agent purchased AimJunkies cheat software in 2020. The lawsuit says Bungie violated AimJunkies’ terms of service by decoding and reverse engineering it.
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Ironically, cheaters are using Bungie’s court documents to file a counterclaim. Just Last monthIn a press release, the Phoenix Digital Group said: “Don’t believe everything you read [Bungie’s] deposits. In fact, don’t believe 90% of what they claim in their statements.
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