DenuvOwO announced the cessation of its Denuvo bypass activities, stating that Irdeto's lawsuit against the cracker voices38 directly led to this decision. Denuvo is an anti-tamper system under Irdeto and has long been engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with crackers.
DenuvOwO gained attention for bypassing Denuvo using "Hypervisor Bypass" technology, having previously applied this method to over 60 games. A Reddit user shared a message from a team member confirming the group's dissolution; the member stated that the lawsuit against voices38 was the direct cause of their cessation of activities.
Irdeto filed a lawsuit on September 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The claims primarily involve the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), rather than focusing directly on copyright infringement; games such as Resident Evil: Requiem and Hogwarts Legacy are involved in this case.
The identity and location of voices38 remain unknown. Irdeto has issued subpoenas to Discord and Reddit in an attempt to obtain information that could help identify them. Following news of the lawsuit, voices38 stated that they would continue developing cracking tools.
Recently, voices38 has continued to crack games protected by Denuvo, with Mortal Kombat 1 being one of the five titles they recently handled. Unlike the bypass method used by DenuvOwO, their approach directly modifies security checks within the game's executable file. The technology employed by DenuvOwO was not originally developed by the team but leveraged existing open-source projects.
Other groups may continue to use similar bypass techniques in the future. However, modified game versions from unknown sources also pose security risks: malicious code within them could be used to infiltrate systems, steal information, or cause system failures.