Bungie is relentless in its legal battles against Destiny 2 cheat makers

polygon.com:

Destiny 2 developer Bungie has a pretty good record in taking down cheat makers, and it’s looking to add another notch to its belt. On Tuesday, Bungie filed a lawsuit in a Seattle court targeting dozens of people allegedly involved in cheat-selling company Ring-1.

It’s not the first time Bungie has targeted this specific company; in 2021, Bungie teamed up with Ubisoft to sue several individuals behind Ring-1 for copyright infringement. The companies settled with a few of the alleged cheat makers, but the court rejected the $2.2 million judgement Bungie and Ubisoft asked for from Andrew Thorpe, a U.K. resident, and an alleged “prominent” member of the Ring-1 group. Despite that court battle, Ring-1 continues to operate, selling cheats for Destiny 2 — ranging from $59 a month to $119 a month — and other games like Apex Legends, Overwatch 2, PUBG, and various Call of Duty games.

Bungie’s lawyers, in court documents first uncovered by Torrent Freak, are looking to pin several more alleged cheat makers, sellers, and others with copyright infringement, DMCA violations, breach of contract, and civil conspiracy, among other claims. Bungie called on its successful lawsuits to prove its case against these Ring-1 members: “The judgements Bungie obtained in those lawsuits have repeatedly confirmed the sale and use of cheat software violates a raft of federal and state laws, breaches users’ contracts with Bungie, and is a basis for significant tort liability,” it said.

Ring-1, Bungie’s lawyers say, is “particularly dangerous,” as its cheats put users’ computers at risk. The cheat software uses an exploit in “Windows and Intel processor framework,” called Hypervisor, according to the lawsuit. It does this to “falsify data” to get past