Denuvo is een kopieer beveiliging die al een lange tijd gebruikt wordt op een hoop nieuwe video games en een tijd lang als onkraakbaar werd gezien. Maar sinds kort beginnen er steeds games gekraakt te worden en heeft de cracking groep CONSPIR4CY (CPY) in vier dagen tijd Resident Evil 7 gekraakt en uitgebracht in het warez circuit. De website Torrentfreak heeft er een heel verhaal over en deze kan je hier lezen.

In recent times, however, the company has found itself under increasing pressure. In August 2016, cracking group CONSPIR4CY (CPY) dumped a Denuvo-removed version of Rise of the Tomb Raider on torrent sites, some five months after its release. Despite the long delay, it was a landmark moment. Denuvo had been defeated.

Just days later, CPY doubled down by giving puzzle-platformer 'Inside' the same treatment, but in a record time of just six weeks from launch. What followed was a cascade of cracked games, including Doom, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and Watch Dogs 2, to name just a few. Now, however, Denuvo is facing its biggest threat yet.

Yesterday, just five days after its January 24th retail date, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was cracked by CPY. The self-proclaimed Italian group placed RE7 on a so-called top site, with the 'piracy pyramid' doing the rest of the work by cascading it to torrent sites in a matter of minutes. Currently, tens of thousands of pirates are grabbing the 23GB download.