Hacker voices38 says he is not quitting Denuvo cracking, focusing on advanced tools instead

The hacker who goes by the name of voices38 decided to come out and answer rumors that he quit cracking Denuvo DRM protection. It is an important statement because Denuvo is the protection that publishers rely on to secure the sales of the games. Current cracking threatens their sales directly. voices38 said that he is not giving up.

voices38 denies legal pressure, targets long-term tool development

He just changed the approach. He decided to focus on more advanced cracking tools. So that means that the race between cracking tools and DRM tools is growing. It is not slowing down.

voices38 directly contradicted that he went silent recently because of a legal pressure from Denuvo. He explained that it was not a problem of external pressures. It was just a change of the approach to his development efforts. voices38 recently proved his power when he cracked two SEGA games from Demon Slayer franchise.

So he showed that his tools are still viable. And he still wants to crack big titles with protection.

The main part of his message is about his intention to create more advanced cracking tools. voices38 underlined that he wants to improve the cracking tools. He doesn't want to create just temporary solutions for currently available protections. It means that we are seeing more advanced software engineering efforts in cracking community. voices38 did not name which game with Denuvo protection will be cracked next. That makes publishers nervous about which game will come next.

Editorial desk remarks that this development comes after we covered the last update to Denuvo where we saw similar focus on evolving cracking tools. The return of voices38 shows that Denuvo-protected games are still vulnerable for motivated attackers who have resources for this effort. It means that publishers need to be prepared that they will continue to feel pressure on their DRM systems as crackers are improving their tools. This development is showing how hard it is to make PC games secure against serious reverse engineering effort.

Source: IXBT