In an ironic twist, Rockstar Games reportedly uses pirated software cracks to remove its DRM from some games they sell on Steam.
  • BlizzardEnglish
    491·
    9 months ago

    Razor 1911 should sue Rockstar for selling their intellectual property without their consent.

  • conorab@lemmy.conorab.comEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    You could be the most cautious person on the planet and still end up with a virus because a game which you purchased legitimately contained a virus from a game cracking group that the devs just copy-pasted into their game.

    • BrikoXOPEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      You are more likely to get an official game that bricks your whole PC (queue Elden Ring) than you are get a virus from known game cracker groups.

      • conorab@lemmy.conorab.comEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Fair, but I’d take a bricked PC over the data leak variety of ransomware any day. But to add to what you’re saying, I’d be more worried about a supply chain or compromised developer machine over what happened here.