Bungie accused of hacking by Destiny 2 cheat maker

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Bungie's war against cheat makers rages on. The developer has been locked in a battle with AimJunkies since early this year, filing a copyright infringement complaint against the business and its parent company Phoenix Digital. A Seattle judge dismissed the infringement(opens in new tab) claims in May, agreeing with AimJunkies that its software was an original creation. Bungie was given the opportunity to amend its complaint, which it did a few weeks later(opens in new tab).

Now, AimJunkies has returned—not only with a response but a whole-ass counterclaim(opens in new tab)—and it doesn't look good for the Destiny 2 developer. It claims that Bungie hacked key member James May's personal computer, combing through files unauthorised «on several occasions» across two years to build evidence for its initial lawsuit, as well as circumventing Phoenix Digital's own terms of service by reverse engineering the cheat software.

As reported by TorrentFreak, Bungie's current license agreement allows the company the right to certain files on players' computers for its anti-cheat. However, the agreement that May signed back in late 2019 did not include that permission. The countersuit claims the developer had no right to go poking around anyone's files unknowingly. 

May's lawyers are accusing Bungie of «unauthorised and clandestine surveillance of private records» on his computer, calling its conduct «intentional, malicious and willful.» The counterclaim alleges that Bungie's actions violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, using evidence provided by the developer in its own lawsuit as proof that private files were accessed. It goes on to say that May's computer was also fraudulently accessed to «conduct further surveillance» on other