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"It's a very clever work around," said MTW, "but Denuvo can easily fix it, preventing it from working for people who have not already generated tokens using the tool."He was right. It was fixed a few days later, but not before a pretty significant impact. "The damage is done," said Voksi, the hacker who engineered the workaround. "650,000 unauthorized pirated copies were able to [run] with my bypasser and partial crack. […] The most breaking news of all is that Denuvo allowed 650,000 pirates to breach their servers for 3 days. And they call themselves the most secure company?" Mere hours after Voksi's loophole was patched, something more significant emerged: A legitimate crack from the hacking group Conspiracy, whose mantra is "always outnumbered, never outgunned." Remember, cracks are a different beast. Voksi found a way to go around Denuvo, while Conspiracy was able to remove it entirely. So far, Conspiracy's crack only applies to Rise of the Tomb Raider. It's normal for hacking groups to find an exploit, release it, and wait for the company behind the tech to fix it. This whac-a-mole approach is expected, and in many ways, required for security to continue getting better and better; hackers and pirates identify weaknesses and then security companies address those faults. With Denuvo, though, it's been a long time since the DRM suffered a significant breach. "Denuvo fixed what they were doing to crack it back then," said MTW. "This is the normal back and forth. " [Conspiracy] has not shown that they are reliably able to crack newer versions of Denuvo in a timely manner. Quite the opposite, actually." Even still, hackers like Voksi are newly energized. Just a few hours ago, Voksi told me he'd "found another loophole" for Denuvo. His anti-DRM crusade can continue. That may work for a bit, but like clockwork, it'll get patched. For a little while, though, Voksi has bucked the system and he's in control. "Welcome to the new world," he said.Follow Patrick Klepek on Twitter, and if you have a news tip you'd like to share, drop him an email."The damage is done. […] The most breaking news of all is that Denuvo allowed 650,000 pirates to breach their servers for 3 days. And they call themselves the most secure company?" -Voksi